The Return...

Haven't had time to update my blog for two weeks now. Things have been cRrrazy! But everything is under control, thank god!

So here's what's new since the last post:

- yes I did remember how do to bump mapping! But it didn't seem to work as well as I thought it would. More details in the diary.

- Mark told me a bit about Motion, a program which I think will be very useful for our special effects. He gave me some tips on how to make one effect look like something else. I still havent had time to play around with Motion yet, but it will be done soon. This took a load off my shoulders, as I was finding it hard to learn about particle effects.

- found more wood textures which I could use for different parts/furniture in the attic.

- With the help of Nils, I remembered how to play around with textures using gradient. I'm still very slow at it since I'm not much of a photoshop person. I tried editing the floor texture I was using in the attic, but it looked weird. Turns out that this texture was already edited to be used as tile, so that's good.

- Shooting and sound recording for this semester has been completed over the last two weeks. Editing still needs to be done. More about the shooting and sound recording in another post.


We have now entered the post-production phase. I will be finishing the attic, chroma keying the footage and editing the sound over the next few days. Lauren has informed me today that she learned about particle effects in her unit, so she might be able to help me out with this, or take over this task.

I'm thinking we are doing O.K on the time for now, as long as we don't suddenly feel like taking a long break :) Things are looking good and I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)