3D Animation Movie Editing

[lopri]

I just watched this impressive movie clip and now wonder what kind of software does this? It's kinda like "photoshop'ing" original 3D animation into an impressionist version. (Pardon my ignorance I'm not familiar with this kind of stuff)

SF4 Intro

 

[Lord Banshee]

Well the 3d animation was most likely done in a traditional 3d animation software i am sure (3dsmax, maya, or XSI). Then this 3d video is edited with advance post process editing software like (Combustion). And i am sure Photoshop was used too (for textures and 2d images).

Seeing how autodesk(CAD industry monopoly) owns most of these softwares i will only post one http://usa.autodesk.com

 

[Lord Banshee]

This may help too:
http://translate.google.com/tr...&tl=en&history_state0=

 

[Modelworks]

Those are post effects. Some people like After effects , but I prefer Liquid.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/Pub.../Avid+Liquid+Pro+7.htm

I'm also trying out Toxik since that will enable me to do a completely linux workstation for everything.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/s...teID=123112&id=5561949

 

[lopri]

Cool @$999.

Thank you. I was just curious to know how movies like that are made. Pretty artsy stuff. One more Q: How many man hours are we talking about for a clip like that? Just for post-effects. (assuming there is 3D animation to work on)

Also appreciate that Japanese link. It's interesting to learn how the game characters are designed. I am going to purchase this game but haven't decided on a stick yet. Happened to run into the Intro movie and I was very impressed by its apocalyptic style and details.

P.S. So AfterEffect can do stuff like this as well? That is, can it handle 3D objects and worlds like Combustion does? Also what's the difference between AfterEffect and Premiere Pro?