DevUpdate #297

Scene 32 : Posing in progress.

Posing is still ongoing. I reached shot #81. So far no issues aside from the boredom that comes with posing a static conversation scene. It might sound like a joke but it's actually harder than it seems. The difficulty isn't in the complexity of the pose but rather in creating variety and finding some kind of movement when there is actually none. Correctly posing the emotions on the characters' faces is obviously the most important part of a conversation, but the second-level narration that comes with the body language is what can transform a flat discussion and transmit something bigger than just a dialogue. It's something I try to set up in every discussion scene but it's not always easy.

Rendering is also progressing nicely. The image quality is good with a decent rendering time. So far 5000 iterations have been enough to get a clean result. I do, however, expect more difficulties in the second half of the scene. I will most likely have to pump the iteration count up and therefore, I do foresee an increase in rendering times.

It's already Summer here. This means that rendering is now only possible thanks to the A/C I got installed last year.

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The quick sum up :

• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 3 new scenes: scenes 30, 31, and 32.
• Day 6 Part 6 will contain 1 reworked scene: Day 2, scene 3.
• Day 6 scenes 30 and 31 are fully written, posed, rendered, and proofread. Post-processing and coding phase #2 are done.
• 18 746 words of new content so far.
• 3 331 lines of code so far.
• 576 shots are planned, 416 are posed, and 385 are rendered.
• 5 animations have been posed, and 2 more are planned. 330 / 330 frames rendered, 330 post-processed.
• I'm currently posing scene 32.

You can follow my progress on this Trello board.

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The Naughty Captain