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I’ve Joined the GPU Rendering Revolution

July 7, 2019 by Scott Gammans 2 Comments

I’ve joined the GPU rendering revolution. This 384-frame 1080p HD sequence took 87 minutes to render on my workstation using its GPU and OTOY OctaneRender for LightWave. This same sequence in 480p (DVD quality) would probably have taken over 87 hours back in 2008 on my four render computers chipping away at the pixels with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Star Trek, The Doomsday Machine 2019 Tagged: LightWave 2019, OctaneRender, USS Enterprise, WIP

8K render exposes all kinds of problems

June 23, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment
USS Enterprise WIP #0007

The day job has been unusually busy the past few days, so I didn’t have much time for the project this week. I did want to see whether it was possible to render the Enterprise model in 8K (7680 x 4320) and well… it is! But rendering my model at 8K reveals several issues that … [Read more…]

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

It’s BAAAA-AAACK!

June 11, 2019 by Scott Gammans Leave a Comment

I know, I know. I have said this at least three or four times over the past decade. It’s been sixteen years since I bought LightWave 7.5 back in 2003 with an eye towards completing this project. Maybe I was just waiting for computer technology to advance to the point where it wouldn’t take 45 … [Read more…]

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