Last week I completed the first two of my Idents, one; 'Rotating Solar System' and two 'Star going Supernova'.
This week I plan to complete the last Ident in order to hand in the assignment on Friday the 8th at the latest.
Moon Collision:
What I had been doing during this lecture is making a few finishing touches to the timing of the animation to make it look the most effective that it can and adjusting the settings for the particle system. This includes adding a motion blur to the particles, increasing the amount of particles, adding a 'Texture Map' and 'Self Illumination' and finally, adding a 'Perspective Camera' to the scene, adjusting it via zooming in for best camera angle.
I have gotten it to the point where I am happy with the result of the particles. The finished 'Moon Collision Ident' is shown below.
Evaluation:
Over this last semester I have enjoyed the work I have been doing towards this module. I feel that I got of work done and I have learned a lot of new techniques and skills in 3D Studio Max. This is most likely due to the help that I have been getting from the lecturer, Richard Barnes. I found him to be knowledgeable and competent in this topic of study.
The aspect of the module which I most enjoyed was working with the piece of software overall as a whole and learning the skills required to create a decent 3D Model/Animation in 3D Studio Max.
The thing I found moist difficult was getting used to the interface of the software and how all the settings were organised within the interface. However, after the first semester, and after a lot of help from the lecturer, I became used to the interface and knowing where to find the specific settings and Modifiers which I required to complete my assignment work.
If I were to undertake this module again knowing what I do now then I may have decided to attempt a different channel for my 3 Idents, a channel which would be a little more challenging. Such as my first choice for the channel I wanted to do for this module, Animal Planet.
