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2015-06-26

  • June 26th, 2015
This week on Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle

This is the last weekly presentation of the Cosmos Laundromat pilot production! The team will spend the next month rendering and tweaking the final film and creating tutorials that you will find right here on the Blender Cloud.


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Pablo has been working on the lighting and details for the jungle shots, trying yellow grading and adding bubbles, etc. In these shots you can get a closer look at Sarah's jungle work as well!

Jungle lighting test animation

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Jungle lighting test animation

Jungle lighting test 4

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Jungle lighting test 7

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Jungle lighting test 8

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Jungle lighting test 8

Jungle lighting test 1

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Jungle lighting test 3

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Jungle lighting test 5

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Jungle lighting test 5

Jungle lighting test 2

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Jungle lighting test 2

Jungle lighting test 6

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Jungle lighting test 6

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Lukas's new feature allows you to visualize force fields with field lines. (Very helpful for de-bugging especially.) For example, in the second screenshot here, you can see the field lines collapsing in turbulence, which is perhaps why there was all that hair jittering going on. Find screenshots and .blend files (including a fire test for the match) here.

Forceviz .blend file

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Forceviz .blend file

Match fire test .blend file

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Match fire test .blend file

Dipole field distortion

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Dipole field distortion

A disturbance in the force

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A disturbance in the force


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Manu has been working on the sims of the colorful tornadoes in the machines, testing and adding that characteristic washing-machine shake and testing the lighting. He also transferred Franck's belt textures to his caterpillar form.

Lighting the laundromat

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Lighting the laundromat

Adding shake to the stormy machines

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Adding shake to the stormy machines

Lighting the storms in the machines

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Lighting the storms in the machines

A better belt

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A better belt


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Sarah completed her last animation shot, of Franck finding himself in the jungle, and then moved on to some jungle set grooming and fixes for Franck's caterpillar model. In this folder you'll find all the things she's made this week.

Forest test 3

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Forest test 3

Jungle set grooming

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Jungle set grooming

Franck's new body

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Franck's new body

The caterpillar: fixing textures

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The caterpillar: fixing textures

Forest test 1

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Forest test 1

Forest test 4

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Forest test 4

Forest test 2

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Forest test 2

The caterpillar: more spots

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The caterpillar: more spots

The caterpillar: more veins

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The caterpillar: more veins

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Andy has been working more on the tornadoes. He's added swirly clouds to Victor's summoning, worked on Franck's first view of the storm from below, and matched these two shots for continuity. (He also did another quick grass-sim test and fix.) But really he spent most of the week working on the sim where Franck gets picked up. See how he's progressed, in low-res animated renders, in this folder.

Victor's summons: the storm emerges

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Victor's summons: the storm emerges


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

This week Beorn wrapped up some animation and sim details, from putting more wind in the flock's fur and Victor's headphones chord to adding dragonflies (whose models he also shaded and textured) to and completing the full jungle sequence. See it all in this folder, to the left.

Jungle sequence

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Jungle sequence

Chord in the wind

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Chord in the wind

Dragonfly update

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A flock of windy fur

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A flock of windy fur

Dragonfly in the jungle

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Dragonfly in the jungle


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Hjalti's finished his final animation, and the final animation of the film: Victor in the laundromat. The version you'll find here is more advanced than the one shown during the weekly livecast (in terms of wire animation especially). Plus there's some more reference footage.

In the laundromat: new ref footage

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In the laundromat: new ref footage

In the laundromat v12

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In the laundromat v12


2015-06-19

  • June 19th, 2015
This week on Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle

Explore this week's new art, animation, and other Gooseberry developments by clicking through the team member's folders to the left.


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Hjalti has been busy in the laundromat this week, working on Victor's final pilot animations – especially that troublesome jacket. See the funny and the almost final alike here.

Victor's new pocket

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Victor's new pocket

Victor crawls out of the machine v5

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Victor crawls out of the machine v5

Alien Victor

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Alien Victor

Victor crawls out of the machine, in close-up

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Victor crawls out of the machine, in close-up


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Beorn has been working on the flock shot hair sims – aka the awesome suckers of memory and computing power. Check out how far he's gotten in getting those woolly sheep locks to wave in the wind.

Flock sequence: hair sims

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Flock sequence: hair sims


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Andy's tornado and grass simulations are nearing their final forms.

Grass simulations: June 18-19, 2015

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Grass simulations: June 18-19, 2015

The tornado comes

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The tornado comes

Tornado smoke simulations: June 15-19, 2015

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Tornado smoke simulations: June 15-19, 2015


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Sarah is deep into the jungle with these advancing animations of Franck [SPOILER ALERT] waking up in his caterpillar form. Plus reference material.

Franck's new form

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Franck's new form

Franck's new form v12 with ref

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Franck's new form v12 with ref

Franck's new form v12

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Franck's new form v12

Sarah's "new form" reference

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Sarah's "new form" reference


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

In Manu's folder this week you'll find a couple nearly-final renders of Victor's and Franck's timers as well as lots of laundromat testing...now with softer colors tornadoes inside!

In the laundromat close-up: Victor's pocket

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In the laundromat close-up: Victor's pocket

Manu's second caching experiment

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Manu's second caching experiment

Preview render: in the laundromat

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Preview render: in the laundromat

In the laundromat 2

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In the laundromat 2

In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette 3

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In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette 3

In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette 2

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In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette 2

Manu's caching manual: the changes

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Manu's caching manual: the changes

Lighting Victor's watch

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Lighting Victor's watch

Manu's caching manual: updated

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Manu's caching manual: updated

In the laundromat 4

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In the laundromat 4

Franck on the cliff

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Franck on the cliff

In the laundromat 1

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In the laundromat 1

In the laundromat 6

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In the laundromat 6

Lighting Franck's timer

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Lighting Franck's timer

In the laundromat 5

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In the laundromat 5

In the laundromat close-up: Victor's pocket 2

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In the laundromat close-up: Victor's pocket 2

In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette

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In the laundromat close-up: Victor's cigarette

In the laundromat 3

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In the laundromat 3

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Pablo has been churning out more final renders and working on Franck's updated caterpillar form. See the stills here.

Hanging out 2

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Hanging out 2

Franck the caterpillar 2

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Franck the caterpillar 2

Hanging out

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Hanging out

Franck the caterpillar animated

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Franck the caterpillar animated

Hanging out 3

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Hanging out 3

Franck the caterpillar

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Franck the caterpillar


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

In addition to a new edit of the film, with more renders and new sound editing, Mathieu has been doing a lot of tornado testing this week.

Franck looks up 2

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Franck looks up 2

Franck in the storm 6

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Franck in the storm 6

Franck in the storm 2

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Franck in the storm 2

Cosmos Laundromat edit: June 19, 2015

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Cosmos Laundromat edit: June 19, 2015

Franck in the storm 5

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Franck in the storm 10

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Franck in the storm 10

Franck in the storm 1

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Franck in the storm 1

Franck in the storm 14

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Franck in the storm 14

Franck in the storm 12

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Franck in the storm 12

Franck in the storm 3

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Franck in the storm 3

Franck's last sheepy look 2

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Franck's last sheepy look 2

Franck in the storm 7

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Franck in the storm 7

Franck looks up

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Franck looks up

Franck in the storm 8

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Franck in the storm 8

The drum descends

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The drum descends

Franck in the storm 11

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Franck in the storm 11

Franck's last sheepy look 1

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Franck's last sheepy look 1

Franck in the storm 9

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Franck in the storm 9

Franck in the storm 4

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Franck in the storm 4

Franck flies without the storm

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Franck flies without the storm

Franck in the storm 15

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Franck in the storm 13

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2015-06-12

  • June 12th, 2015
This week on Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle

Click through the team folders to the left to see this week's new art and developments.


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Hjalti has been working on a few new shots this week, focusing on Franck's eyes, plus he's gone back to his old laundromat sequence to get it ready for the final scene.

Back to the laundromat v2

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Back to the laundromat v2

Franck looks up, part 3 (v5)

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Franck looks up, part 3 (v5)

Franck looks up, part 2 (v2)

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Franck looks up, part 2 (v2)

Franck's last sheepy look v2

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Franck's last sheepy look v2

Franck looks up, part 1 (v6)

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Franck looks up, part 1 (v6)


Francesco Siddi
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Manu has been make more lighting tests with the finalized animations. Find 5 videos in this folder, plus 5 new renders of the laundromat.

Lighting the watch

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Lighting the watch

The machines up close

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The machines up close

Franck looks back

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Franck looks back

Victor up front (in the laundromat)

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Victor up front (in the laundromat)

A rope in the grass, lighting test

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A rope in the grass, lighting test

Machines with jewel colors

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Machines with jewel colors

The pastel laundromat

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The pastel laundromat

In the laundromat: going green, grey, and orange

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In the laundromat: going green, grey, and orange

Franck checks his timer, new lighting

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Franck checks his timer, new lighting

Franck looks up, new lighting

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Franck looks up, new lighting

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

In addition to Sarah's latest Franck fur sim, you'll find the full sequence of her and Hjalti's animations just before the emergence of the storm. You will also find a new look at the jungle layout plus some early blocking for Franck's caterpillar wake-up.

Hair sim: Franck checks his timer

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Hair sim: Franck checks his timer

Franck before the storm, the full sequence

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Franck before the storm, the full sequence

Blocking the caterpillar

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Blocking the caterpillar

A new jungle layout & leaf rig

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A new jungle layout & leaf rig


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Andy has been making more tornado sim magic this week, collected together here in these three videos.

Franck enters the storm, 7 versions

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Franck enters the storm, 7 versions

Cloud swirls & washing drum

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Cloud swirls & washing drum

A tornado edit compilation

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A tornado edit compilation


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Remember last week's rope sim issue? Here you will find the solution: both what it looks like and how it was done. PLUS hair sims for the full flock of sheep!

A whole flock of sims

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A whole flock of sims

Fixing the rope: how

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Fixing the rope: how

The rope issue: fixed

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The rope issue: fixed


2015-06-05

  • June 5th, 2015
This week on Cosmos Laundromat: First Cycle

Alternate endings, epically detailed art, and new final animations await in the team member folders this week.


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Andy has been working on the wind in the grass, also creating a new set to control the sims in the flock shots. You'll also find here his new shader for the inside of the tornado.

Tornado winds in the grass, test 2

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Tornado winds in the grass, test 2

Tornado winds in the grass, test 4

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Tornado winds in the grass, test 4

Flock shot with new set

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Flock shot with new set

Inside the tornado

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Inside the tornado

Tornado winds in the grass, test 3

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Tornado winds in the grass, test 3


Francesco Siddi
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Sarah has been working on more sims and corrections plus a whole new shot animation!

Victor crouches: new sim

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Victor crouches: new sim

Franck checks out the timer: from blocking to splining

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Franck checks out the timer: from blocking to splining

Franck learns about his new timer: corrections

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Franck learns about his new timer: corrections


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Hjalti has been doing more sim work this week (redos and new stuff) and tweaking more animations. He also spent much of the week working on the animations of Franck inside the tornado. Click through the videos in this folder to see them all. (Note: Some of these videos have some pre-roll, meaning a small amount of non-animated footage at the beginning that will be chopped off in the edit.)

Franck goes into the light, without fur

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Franck goes into the light, without fur

Franck's face in the storm v2

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Franck's face in the storm v2

Franck's flailing legs in the storm v5

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Franck's flailing legs in the storm v5

Franck's flailing legs without fur

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Franck's flailing legs without fur

Victor starts the timer animation tweak

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Victor starts the timer animation tweak

Victor awaits the storm animation tweak

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Victor awaits the storm animation tweak

Franck is pulled into the storm: just naked Franck

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Franck is pulled into the storm: just naked Franck

Victor looks up animation

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Victor looks up animation

Rope-timer switch with new hair sims

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Rope-timer switch with new hair sims

Timer watch close-up animation

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Timer watch close-up animation

Franck goes into the light v4

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Franck goes into the light v4

Franck swirls in the storm v2

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Franck swirls in the storm v2

"We will pick you up" with new hair sim

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"We will pick you up" with new hair sim

Victor stands up with new hair sims

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Victor stands up with new hair sims

"I just turned it on for you" with new hair sim

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"I just turned it on for you" with new hair sim

Franck is pulled into the storm v11

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Franck is pulled into the storm v11

Victor's model turn with new hair sim

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Victor's model turn with new hair sim

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

In addition to testing the lighting for various shots in the tornado sequence and re-rendering the benchmark as a splash screen image, Mathieu has put together two optional endings for the pilot – a shorter version and a longer version. Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks to see if either is used.

Optional ending 1: the shorter version

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Optional ending 1: the shorter version

Lighting test: Franck runs from the storm

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Lighting test: Franck runs from the storm

Lighting test: open field

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Lighting test: open field

Optional ending 2: the longer version

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Optional ending 2: the longer version

Lighting test: Victor with the flock

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Lighting test: Victor with the flock

Lighting test: Victor summons the storm

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Lighting test: Victor summons the storm

Lighting test: color reflection

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Lighting test: color reflection

Splash screen test

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Splash screen test


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Manu has been doing more test renders (including the new laundromat set-up!) and has created a beautifully detailed new render of Victor's watch with a cosmic background. Manu also did his first sim work this week...and has created a how-to doc for anyone else wondering how it's done!

Manu's caching how-to

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Manu's caching how-to

Franck eyes his timer, lighting and sim

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Franck eyes his timer, lighting and sim

Franck talks back, lighting and sim

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Franck talks back, lighting and sim

Franck walks away, render with sim

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Franck walks away, render with sim

Victor continues talking to Franck, lighting and sim

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Victor continues talking to Franck, lighting and sim

Franck's watch, improved and high-res

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Franck's watch, improved and high-res

Franck is skeptical, re-sim

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Franck is skeptical, re-sim

Victor talks to Franck, lighting with sim

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Victor talks to Franck, lighting with sim

Manu's first sim: Victor waves

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Manu's first sim: Victor waves

Victor in the laundromat

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Victor in the laundromat

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Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Pablo has been sending the final animations for final renders at French partner Qarnot. See them here – just note there are a few frames missing from each, which will be (of course) fixed!

Victor interrupts Franck, final-quality render

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Victor interrupts Franck, final-quality render

Franck up close, hair sim redo

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Franck up close, hair sim redo

The island from afar, final-quality render

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The island from afar, final-quality render

The opening shot, final-quality render

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The opening shot, final-quality render


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Beorn has now finished animation all six shots involving the sheep flock. Find these here, plus a comparison of Franck looking at the rope, which is now one shot shorter, and a WIP shot of Franck pushing the branch with some updates to the troublesome rope.

Fighting with the rope

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Fighting with the rope

The flock flocks to Victor

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The flock flocks to Victor

Franck looks back: before

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Franck looks back: before

Franck looks back: after

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Franck looks back: after


Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

Lukas has been testing using OpenVDB for possible use in Project Gooseberry. Here you'll find the tests and get a look at the massive difference this makes in memory.

Comparison: tornado 1, OpenVDB

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Comparison: tornado 1, OpenVDB

Comparison: tornado 2, OpenVDB

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Comparison: tornado 2, OpenVDB

OpenVDB: size differences

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Comparison: tornado 3, Open VDB

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Comparison: tornado 3, Open VDB

Comparison: tornado 3, point cache

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Comparison: tornado 3, point cache

OpenVDB shader node

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Comparison: tornado 2, point cache

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Comparison: tornado 2, point cache

Comparison: tornado 1, point cache

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Comparison: tornado 1, point cache


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