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I know nothing!
So I’m sure this will sound like a 5 year old asking how nuclear fusion works, but bare with me.
I want to try and recreate an effect from the movie Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire.
It is in the scene where the two wands are cast at the same time and they become locked in a stream of energy, with a struggle of power between the two. stray streams of energy seem to detach from the main struggle like tiny flows of lava. It was a very nice effect.
THAT is what I seek to create. I have seen several demos and screen savers that utilize directx 9 shaders and other features, perhaps some open gl, to create 3d demos or screensavers.
For an example of what I’d like to attempt, try the bacteria screensaver from ati, a very nice effect.
http://www.ati.com/developer/screensavers.html
I realize that creating an effect like that in the movie is probably way beyond my league right now, but I seek the knowledge of where to go to even attempt such a project.
Which 3d program? Lightwave? Maya? not sure photoshop would cut it, but if it could please tell me.
What I need now is direction, but I WILL learn, and I WILL create an effect given time and the right tools.
I know nothing!
So I’m sure this will sound like a 5 year old asking how nuclear fusion works, but bare with me.
I want to try and recreate an effect from the movie Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire.
It is in the scene where the two wands are cast at the same time and they become locked in a stream of energy, with a struggle of power between the two. stray streams of energy seem to detach from the main struggle like tiny flows of lava. It was a very nice effect.
THAT is what I seek to create. I have seen several demos and screen savers that utilize directx 9 shaders and other features, perhaps some open gl, to create 3d demos or screensavers.
For an example of what I’d like to attempt, try the bacteria screensaver from ati, a very nice effect.
http://www.ati.com/developer/screensavers.html
I realize that creating an effect like that in the movie is probably way beyond my league right now, but I seek the knowledge of where to go to even attempt such a project.
Which 3d program? Lightwave? Maya? not sure photoshop would cut it, but if it could please tell me.
What I need now is direction, but I WILL learn, and I WILL create an effect given time and the right tools.
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