Well, I spent quite a bit of today working on both my PowerBook 3400c and my PowerMac 8600 (mainly for rendering the longer movie files) working out aspects of my CG model of the USS Columbia (which I talked about quite a bit in this thread).
I made some updates to the warp engine of my model now that I'm getting better at making shapes in Vision 3D. Shapes that I had used originally as sort of place holders have been replaced with more accurate versions of those parts.
I've been reading up on how to make animation a little bit more. As a test case of what I learned, I've animated the dome of the warp nacelle.
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Duration: 17 sec.
And a slightly different version...
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Duration: 8 sec.
Additionally I've done a longer animation with both the ship moving in space (relative to the camera) and the warp engine animated.
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Duration: 23 sec.
All and all, I'm pretty happy with what I've accomplished in a little more than 3 weeks work.

And what I've been able to do on my old classic Macs!
I made some updates to the warp engine of my model now that I'm getting better at making shapes in Vision 3D. Shapes that I had used originally as sort of place holders have been replaced with more accurate versions of those parts.

I've been reading up on how to make animation a little bit more. As a test case of what I learned, I've animated the dome of the warp nacelle.

Click to view clip
Duration: 17 sec.
And a slightly different version...

Click to view clip
Duration: 8 sec.
Additionally I've done a longer animation with both the ship moving in space (relative to the camera) and the warp engine animated.

Click to view clip
Duration: 23 sec.
All and all, I'm pretty happy with what I've accomplished in a little more than 3 weeks work.
And what I've been able to do on my old classic Macs!