Freedom 2 Cutscenes! - Actually, not done yet.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:04 am

But hey, here's a test!

http://rapidshare.de/files/6070680/2ndTest.mov.html

Ok, this is a crude look at what Freedom 2 cutscenes might look like once completed. I'm doing all major character movements via rotoscoping - the old animation trick where you draw over someone. It looks pretty godawful the way I've done it, but with a bit of practise it should turn out fine.
Also - for dialogue shots, I'll only be animating mouths and eyes and stuff so they'll look just fine.

Anyway, whaddya all think? The real question is - would you waste bandwidth on a cutscene that looked a little better than this?

capital · Post by **capital** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:26 pm

Doesnt open for me...

Floyd is Pink · Post by **Floyd is Pink** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:54 am

yeah not working for me either. i was planning on doing something similar but i have no time right now. id like to see this tho! so help us out!

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:23 am

Curious, rapidshare is always very good to me. Are you sure you pressed 'Free' and then waited until the download link appeared at the bottom?

Or are we talking about the video itself (after downloading it)? It's Sorenson 3 so if you have Quicktime, it should play just fine.

I would've put it up on hotline or my site, but Cid still hasn't gotten it so I can upload from here.

I'll probably post another link to my site instead or something, hold on a while

*EDIT* Ahh... something odd. When I downloaded it myself, it gave me a file that doesn't play :\
I'll try uploading a zipped version instead.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:42 am

I'll try this, and if this fails I'll just put it on me site.

http://rapidshare.de/files/6096738/cutscene.zip.html

*EDIT* Ok now I'm pissed. I'll be back soon.

*2nd EDIT* I've officially had enough of this bullshit... hang on I'll try making it a swf instead. I don't get it - it plays fine on the computer I made it on, but if I e-mail it to myself it works no longer.

Crap for crap.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:32 am

FINALLY....

Ok, it's a .swf, it's on my site and it should work. It's 600k so if it doesn't play immediately, just wait a second or even better - download it with the link underneath the thing itself.

http://www.angelfire.com/creep/clan_mccoolness/cutscene.html

Hope that fares better than shithouse QuickTime... to think I trusted you Jobs...

Brainbug · Post by **Brainbug** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:00 am

hehe they have jelly-heads

especiallt the "jesus"-like guy, gains a couple of inches on headlength sometimes

nice job though, how long did that take you?

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:42 am

Yeah their wobble heads are the thing that shits me the most.

How long did it take? TOO LONG!

To be serious though - it took what, 3 hours to do each guy. Roughly. Maybe more... it's obscene, but it's only proof of concept and I'm willing to do full cutscenes for Freedom 2, but who knows!

Brainbug · Post by **Brainbug** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:21 am

might be easier to go southpark-style then

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:01 am

Nah, I'm going with this style because it looks better! (Or, *will* look better if I put a tiny bit more effort in).

Post by **TarousZars** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:21 am

I think its cool.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:00 am

Heh thanks dude.
I'll have to remember to get those unit tags together like I said I would.

ChrisP · Post by **ChrisP** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:44 pm

Considering Bungie paid $250,000 for the TFL cutscenes, yours is totally awesome so far.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:41 am

(shits pants) $250 000? WOW! They were pretty cool though.

Heh, as I keep saying - mine'll be shonky. But throw on some neat music, funny voiceovers... they'll be servicable. I hope.

Anyway thanks for watching it! Always lookin' for feedback. (and sorry to hijack yer forum - just seems a neat place for it

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:) Da Cid (: McCl · Post by **:) Da Cid (: McCl** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:23 am

*shoots out security cameras*

What? We're not sorry!
-TGP-

The Tain

Freedom 2 Cutscenes! - Actually, not done yet.