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Originally Posted by speculum jockey
Everything looks fantastic. . . but I was wondering about the flames.
When looking at the flames with the aircraft in front of in them, there is a bright white outline of the plane structure. Is this from lower settings being used or something that still has to be ironed out. To me it looks like someone photoshopping the aircraft in front of the flames without blending it properly, or is it the reflection from the flames on the edge of the aircraft surfaces?
Everything else looks amazing, just wondering about that one issue.
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This is an issue that Oleg has already commented on. They have a special effect for emulating the effect similar to a white sheen on the very edges of aircraft that you see in real life all the time. It is basically the reflection of surrounding light on surfaces that you see practically edge-on. That effect was a bit too dominant in earlier builds of the sim but has since been toned down. Seems the build this movie was made on still has that effect and that it lays on top of smoke effects.
Remember, every single little effect that makes this sim look so photo realistic has to be painstakingly simulated! The reflections, sunrays, ground haze, shadows, lighting effects ALL have to be programmed by a totally nitpicking bunch of perfectionist people who don't take no for an answer. The complexity behind these easy-on-the-eyes effects that we see in the video is mindboggling.
Kudos Oleg and crew, hope your efforts will be handsomely repaid.
Also, it was great to see a video that has been through an English spelling and grammar check, excellent!
11-12-2010, 07:23 PM
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