First Maxwell Animation

Maxer · August 25th, 2006

This is the first animation sequence I've done with Maxwell and I thought I'd share it. The project was for a competition I only had about 2 days to work on it and it took a little longer than 24 hours to render out on my farm. A few interesting things are the MXS files took 17 hours to export out of 3D Studio and took up 180 GB of hard drive space. Ok here we go.

http://www.mega-file.net/video/view....56265ff008f33d

jophus14 · August 25th, 2006

That seems like a ridiculously long time for a fly-around animation. I'm not sure if it's because you used Maxwell. I'm not familiar with Maxwell at all. It looks great though. The music fits the work.

Ernest Burden · August 25th, 2006

Gotta hand it to you, you're trying to make that Maxwell thing work.

What was your fps on that?

Was there ever talk about being able to do a 'bake' of the lighting, like a Lightscape solution, with Maxwell? For a simple arch-vis animation like this one you don't need to re-do the lighting for every frame. With the lighting file MWR creates, shouldn't it be a simple matter to re-use it?

Anyway, nice work! I see you running across a foggy field, sword drawn, yelling.

Maxer · August 25th, 2006

jophus14 Maxwell is very slow so these render times wouldn’t be considered outrageous.

Ernest, I used 30 FPS for this, I probably could have gone lower but I didn't want it to look to jumpy. The subject of baking has come up but I don't know if NL ever said whether or not it was possible, I'll ask again and see what they say. One thing is for sure they need to figure out how to simplify the export process.

pal1 · August 25th, 2006

could someone please tell me how to start a new thread

pal1 · August 25th, 2006

your work looks great

Ernest Burden · August 25th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by pal1

could someone please tell me how to start a new thread

You click on the heading for the sub-forum, which gives you a list of threads to read, and at the top is a button for 'new thread'.

manta · August 25th, 2006

wow 180GB's, that's like 30 full DVD movies, thats the insane part...

pal1 · August 26th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernest Burden

You click on the heading for the sub-forum, which gives you a list of threads to read, and at the top is a button for 'new thread'.

thanks Ernest

STRAT · August 26th, 2006

i'd have stayed in max and rendered out a much better job to be honest.

August 25th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Maxer Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Age: 34 Posts: 2,531 Name: Devin Johnston	First Maxwell Animation This is the first animation sequence I've done with Maxwell and I thought I'd share it. The project was for a competition I only had about 2 days to work on it and it took a little longer than 24 hours to render out on my farm. A few interesting things are the MXS files took 17 hours to export out of 3D Studio and took up 180 GB of hard drive space. Ok here we go. http://www.mega-file.net/video/view....56265ff008f33d __________________ “There is no spoon” http://devinjohnston.cgsociety.org/gallery/

August 25th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
jophus14 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 682 Name: Joseph Skowron	Re: First Maxwell Animation That seems like a ridiculously long time for a fly-around animation. I'm not sure if it's because you used Maxwell. I'm not familiar with Maxwell at all. It looks great though. The music fits the work.

August 25th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
Ernest Burden Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ossining, NY USA Posts: 4,999 Name: Ernest Burden III	Re: First Maxwell Animation Gotta hand it to you, you're trying to make that Maxwell thing work. What was your fps on that? Was there ever talk about being able to do a 'bake' of the lighting, like a Lightscape solution, with Maxwell? For a simple arch-vis animation like this one you don't need to re-do the lighting for every frame. With the lighting file MWR creates, shouldn't it be a simple matter to re-use it? Anyway, nice work! I see you running across a foggy field, sword drawn, yelling. __________________ Ernest Burden III AcmeDigital architectural rendering

August 25th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Maxer Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Age: 34 Posts: 2,531 Name: Devin Johnston	Re: First Maxwell Animation jophus14 Maxwell is very slow so these render times wouldn’t be considered outrageous. Ernest, I used 30 FPS for this, I probably could have gone lower but I didn't want it to look to jumpy. The subject of baking has come up but I don't know if NL ever said whether or not it was possible, I'll ask again and see what they say. One thing is for sure they need to figure out how to simplify the export process. __________________ “There is no spoon” http://devinjohnston.cgsociety.org/gallery/

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pal1 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Age: 27 Posts: 43 Name: paul griffin	Re: First Maxwell Animation could someone please tell me how to start a new thread

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pal1 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Age: 27 Posts: 43 Name: paul griffin	Re: First Maxwell Animation your work looks great

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manta Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 1,190 Name: william york	Re: First Maxwell Animation wow 180GB's, that's like 30 full DVD movies, thats the insane part... __________________ DESIGN FORWARD http://www.mantastudios.com

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STRAT Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK. Age: 36 Posts: 6,553 Name: Stephen Leworthy	Re: First Maxwell Animation i'd have stayed in max and rendered out a much better job to be honest. __________________

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