Well, I made a tiny cutscene video to Henri, with car arriving at country house.
It's only 9 seconds long, but something entirely new compared to the way I made Henri earlier.
Well, what do you think about it? My main concern is that... is it too dark for some people? It's supposed to be night, but I adjusted brightness up a bit, and don't want to overdo it. Then again, maybe it's too bright - and doesn't feel like night anymore? I can only tell what I see on my own LCD monitor. The daytime scene is out of question because I'm actually unable to model a (semi)realistic car or anything important cutscene should show. Darkness hides things pretty well :D
Well, It's 1,4MB of size, needs XVid codec, and if sound doesn't play, AC3 mp3 codec. It also has lens flare! .D
I'm aware and not satisfied with this tiny "too-fast-rotation" car does at one moment and intend to change it, but rendering takes lots of time and I want some general opinions before I continue. Is sound panning okay?
Would this kind of 3D cutscene-ing fit to my pixel-drawn game (see banner>thread>screenies below my post)? In general, I'm very unsure should I use and produce more of 3D cutscenery like this...
Ah, and the video.
http://www.increator.pri.ee/i/crits/six.avi
The car is SUPPOSED to be Soviet-era VAZ 2109. Supposed...
It is a tad dark... And rather realistic, so kudos ;)
I think that the lackof the details and any camera movement, as well as the darkness contribute to the fact that, yes, I think it is usable with yo current graphics in the game.
The very first lens flare don't know if it is right (the one right before the car appears on the left). The second ones are much better and much suited imho.
Well.. I'd say it is too dark. To remedy this I'd try boosting contrast to the sky and the the grass, and brightening everything overall. This should reduce many of the extraneous grey levels.