Here's a clip I did just for fun. I had to track the camera and also make sure the spaceship cast shadows and reflections. I shot the plate with a Canon GL1. That should tell you how old it is..
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cgi Spaceship in my room
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Nice! I need to go back into some of my old DV movies and try to give them the Special Edition treatment 
Seriously though, nice work! What software were you using back then to do that?
Seriously though, nice work! What software were you using back then to do that?
Thanks, Chris!
I tracked the shot using Match Mover. All of the CGI work, including the spaceship modeling, was done in Maya. I brought the camera match move data into Maya, then set up some primitive objects to catch shadows and reflection. I had the spaceship follow a curve that defined the flight path. I can't remember how I lit it. Probably 1 or 2 area lights. I used Fusion to create mattes whenever the ship flew behind something.
By the way, that spaceship has been a staple of a lot of my test effects shots. It was originally made for Scoopicman's movie, Exile.
I tracked the shot using Match Mover. All of the CGI work, including the spaceship modeling, was done in Maya. I brought the camera match move data into Maya, then set up some primitive objects to catch shadows and reflection. I had the spaceship follow a curve that defined the flight path. I can't remember how I lit it. Probably 1 or 2 area lights. I used Fusion to create mattes whenever the ship flew behind something.
By the way, that spaceship has been a staple of a lot of my test effects shots. It was originally made for Scoopicman's movie, Exile.
Really nice work, matchmoving is a really fun technique. The whole thing is really well done, including the roto and ship movement.