This is a timeline of a molecular visualization project. To see the images produced as a result of this project, please visit this page.
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5/26/2004
- 480x270
animation completed. 11MB DviX MPEG-4. Right-click the image to download
the video ("Save Target As...).
- will
render at HDTV resolution next week.
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5/19/2004
- 480x270
(16:9), 3 minute, 24fps, MPEG-4 fly-through animation started rendering
on ccwong.sdsc.edu.
- each
frame takes about 20-25 seconds. All 4320 frames will take about 30
hours on one machine.
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5/12/2004
- 1200x1200
resolution, rendered on ccwong.sdsc.edu.
- only
took 3 minutes.
- next
task: look up the real colors of the chemical elements on http://www.webelements.com/
and give it better lighting.
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5/9/2004
- lightned
up the background
- machine
at home is overheating. Hence, 640x640 is about the biggest I can do
at home.
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5/6/2004
- got pdg4.mb
working, and put in the sphere stage.
- decided
to use primary colors for high contrast.
- used
the same technique to the get the translucent look.
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5/3/2004
- got a
new molecule named AChE. Used the same technique.
- the current
colors don't look too good with this shader.will use colors with greater
contrast.
- this
one does not have a stage or any lights in it.
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4/26/04
- met with
Steve last week and figured out that a lighter background works better.
- lightened
up the background from black to a medium grey.
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4/21/04
- added
the electron-microscope shader to the background.
- used
traditional 3-point lighting. .
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4/18/04
- picked
MMTCLL2 to work on, just because the model looks cooler.
- added
the 3 stages to the MB file.
- stages
can be switched around by turning off the visibility of two out of three
stages at a time.
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4/13/04
- figured
out how the shader works, and ran the first test render.
- the
colors of the elements are adjusted through the VRamp of the shader.
DO NOT change the type of the shader. just change the given parameters
(i.e. color, transparency, glow, and opacity).
- colors
can be layered (i.e. yellow to orange to whatever to black).
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4/11/04
- went
on highend3D and found the perfect shader for the electron-microscope
effect.
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4/8/04
- got the
files to make into electron-microscope.
- original
version made by Steve.
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end of March
- made
the 3 stages with light rigs.
- mb files
for download: sphere, dome,
and cube.
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