Oh man, u do look like Mouse in those pictures.
Great pictures ReddFoxx, & Servo.

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Hi. I'm new to the board and thought maybe this would be a good place to introduce myself.
What better way is there to make an entrance than doing bullet time?



This has taken me a few months altogether, by working on it every now and again.
As I started with virtually no skills working with graphics, I think I could do this again much better now that I have learned some valuable skills.

Nice one! And its ok to post this here right guys? Cos there's no Matrix style place in the User Pics.

What program(s) did you use?

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I used 3ds max to create the 3D rooftop and the buildings. I was going to create a whole 10-second animation using a 3D character but that seemed impossible even though there isn't that much movement. Instead I decided to go for the easier option and just used Flash to create this simple animation.

Because I had gone to the trouble of creating a 3D rooftop, I went ahead and created a still image using photographs of myself in costume. Unfortunately at the time, my digital camera had no batteries so I had to use my webcam which resulted in terrible resolution (I couldn't wait). Anyway, I then used Photoshop to import the photos of 'Neo' and 'the Agent' onto a still image rendered with the appropriate green-tinted lighting.

I manually drew in the bullet trails. While not accurate to the movie, I am satisfied that they look alright in this case. I used drawing tools in Photoshop and some various other programs to draw in shadows and add extra texture to the low resolution characters. All the time I had to make sure I tinted everything with that greeny-yellow shading, while keeping contrasts and lightness constant.

The last task I have just finished today, and that was adding the windows in the background. They are the best windows I could find after hours of searching and they look reasonably suitable.

In creating this image I spent a lot of time analysing the scene from the movie. You won't believe how many obvious mistakes and problems I spotted.
Anyway, I'll go into that on another thread.

Here is an early wireframe image I created of the scene and the characters.

Well, all good things must come to an end. Or at least be closed and moved. So as we slowly wind down the threads in members pictures to make way for the FINAL transition to our beloved Photopost Section, I'll direct your attention to here : ---->>>Members Pictures<<<---

And here is where you upload them: --->>>CLICKY<<<---

Enjoy

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