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USS Enterprise HDR

September 21, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise HDR

This is a first attempt at producing an HDR (high dynamic range) image and then “down-rezzing” it to an RGB color space for viewing on the web. Still looks a bit dark, but I liked the image otherwise so I thought I’d post it since I’ve been absent the past couple of months (work has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, HDR, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise

And I’m Back!

July 18, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
USS Enterprise Lighting Test #130-B July 18, 2020

After a long hiatus for COVID-19 and playing Nurse Chapel for my better half, I’m back at work on this project. Just for a little re-familiarization with LightWave and OctaneRender, I whipped up this test video using my Enterprise model, which I haven’t touched since November 2019. There are some subtle changes in lighting and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, USS Enterprise, WIP

Still here!

May 1, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
USS Constellation WIP #129 1 May 2020

Just a quick check-in. I’m still not back-back and working on this project, but I haven’t touched the models since early March and I wanted to just do a quickie render to keep the muscle-memory intact. More to come when I’m able to get back to this full-time.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI Art, Star Trek, USS Constellation, WIP

Status update

April 17, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
Live LONG. And prosper.

For anyone wondering where I’ve been the past month, well, I’ve been right here! Unfortunately, self-isolation and social distancing have not allowed me more time to work on my “Doomsday Machine” project for two reasons: I have worked from home full-time since 2014, so my schedule during daylight hours hasn’t changed (if anything, I’m working … [Read more…]

Posted in: Meatspace, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: Meatspace, Star Trek

The Constellation Exits from Warp

March 3, 2020 by Scott Gammans 1 Comment
The Starship Constellation decelerates from warp and reenters normal space.

The Starship Constellation exits from warp TMP-style in today’s video.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI, Star Trek, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, VFX, Warp Drive

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

March 1, 2020 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
The Starship Constellation fires her forward phaser banks (image 1 of 4)

The Starship Constellation fires her main phaser banks at an unseen enemy in a new test video I’ve uploaded to Vimeo and YouTube.

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: CGI, Phasers, Star Trek, Starship Constellation, USS Constellation, VFX

Goodbye Harlan, and thanks

June 29, 2018 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

Writer, iconoclast, and all-around world class pain in the ass Harlan Ellison passed away earlier today at age 84. Harlan wrote over 1,700 stories in his long and celebrated career. He won eight Hugo awards, including one for his 1967 Star Trek script for “City on the Edge of Forever”, widely considered the best episode … [Read more…]

Posted in: Meatspace, Star Trek Tagged: Harlan Ellison, Star Trek

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