In film and television, artificial illusions and hallucinations are called film and television special effects (also called special effects). Here is a brief introduction to the necessary software for making special effects in movies. Welcome to read!
Necessary software for film special effects production 1, Houdini
Very powerful special effects software. Many movie special effects are accomplished by it: the magical fireworks released by Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, and the scene of Ma Chong's wake ... the tornado the day after tomorrow. ......
2. Illusion mania
The company's Fantasy is a synthesis software that integrates film special effects, synthesis, painting and deformation software. It is an uncompressed digital nonlinear post-editing and stunt production system based on SGI full series platforms, with efficient production environment, production quality and integrated functional modules.
3. Hell
The Inferno* system running on SGI super workstation is the best film and television special effects production system that has won numerous awards and is recognized by the world, ranging from Jurassic Park, Lost World, Tornado, Independence Day, Collision of Heaven and Earth, starship troopers, Godzilla and Mummy to Titanic, the most successful film in film history.
4, alias | wavefront
The predecessor of the software is Alias, which was originally developed by Alias company in Toronto, Canada. The system mainly runs on various SGI graphic workstations and IBM R60000 series graphic workstations. The products of the system are divided into many grades, from low to high: designers, animators, power animators, studios and automobile studios.
5. Soft graph
1986, Daniel Langlois, one of the directors of the computer animated film Tony de Pelterie, founded Softimage Company in Montreal, and launched Softimage 3D animation software in 1988. Softimage 3D system supports many applications, such as film and television production, product and industrial design, architecture and scientific computing visualization.
6. Digital Fusion/Maya Fusion:
Professional synthesis software based on PC platform developed by Canada Eyeon Company. This software is one of the best comprehensive software on PC platform at present. Joining hands with Maya is even more powerful. It can work closely with 3D software (such as Maya) to modify the materials, textures, lighting and other properties of 3D objects in 2D environment. Maya Fusion does not specify the resolution of materials, and users can process images of any resolution and combine them together. He has undertaken the synthesis task in a large number of stunt films such as Dr. Oolong, Elf Mouse, Storm of the Century and Extreme Cold.
7. Edit/Effect/Draw Careful Logic
The company launched a series of software on PC platform, among which Edit is a professional nonlinear editing software and Effect is a layer-based composition software. Users can set actions for each layer of the screen, perform operations such as color comparison, image keying and tracking, and also set lights. One of the great advantages of Effect is that you can directly use the filter designed by Adobe After Effect, which greatly supplements the function of Effect.
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