I thought it was kind of funny how with CG all the aliens have hairless
reptile skin now.



John VanSickle wrote in message <37547809.9BCBE621@erols.com>...
>I'll start off by saying that there are no spoilers in this message.
>
>The wife and I went to see SW:TPM on Saturday, and I thought I would
>comment here about the computer effects, seeing as we are all hobbyists
>in this field.
>
>The effects fall into two categories.  Some of the effects were so
>well-done that is was impossible to tell that a computer did it.
>Other effects were well-done, but miscues in the lighting and
>texturing set them off as being obviously fake.
>
>Oddly enough, the division between the two falls along the same
>lines as it would if they had been using POV-Ray:  Objects that are
>square, flat, spherical, conical, etc, looked perfect.  The robots
>were excellent in every case.  Objects that were organic-looking
>looked good, but the lighting and texture was always a little off.
>
>That's all I had to say.
>
>Regards,
>John

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