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(MA1-8) The first half of the intro - progress

Added 2024-12-05 14:13:49 +0000 UTC

And here is the progress made in the first half. As with the previous WIP it isn't finished, you can clearly see that I haven't worked on the last few seconds yet. The next MA1 WIP will be with a full intro, for real this time.

20s of non-looped animation with another ~20s in the second half sounds good. But I should say that I overdone it, the intro should be a lot shorter. Do I regret it? Not much, I like to make intros that develop into the main part of the animation. But note for myself - don't do long intros in "short" animations.

I hope it's noticeable to you, but I think the animation quality has improved quite a bit from the last animation with such an intro (CA7). I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether or not you see improvements.

Interesting point regarding animation quality: for some reason, when I render it with all the effects, environment and lighting, this “improved animation quality” suddenly disappears. It makes it feel like I've spent a few hours on it instead of 12+ hours. You will see it on the final render. My best guess for now is that motion blur is messing up with me. And that's the reason why I didn't include the new environment here.

Also, you can now consider MA1 as a "Long Animation".