I remember reading an old magazine (Starlog maybe) that detailed the making of this--they generated the mountains, and then started the flyby. It was so new, and taxed the hardware enough, that it took a long time (days, I believe) to even render 1 frame at a high enough resolution for film. By the time someone noticed the random fractal generator had put a peak right in the path of the camera, it was too late to be able to go back and re-render with the missing mountain. So they ended up deleting the mountain (and creating a canyon) a few seconds before the camera hits it. Dan On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Brent Watson wrote:
That software was actually done by Ed Catmul at the U of San Francisco. That was one of the first applications of fractals.
________________________________ From: Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
So it wasn't your decision to have the mountain disappear on the Genesis simulation flyby?
Dan
On Jan 31, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Brent Watson wrote:
Yes, it was. We did the starfoelds and the bridge tactical displays.
________________________________ From: David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Brent, My favorite as well! Was that with Evans and Sutherland and Digistar?
On Jan 31, 2012, at 09:50 AM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
It was indeed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. That is my favorite of the series. We met some very nice folks and had a bunch of fun too. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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