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Ok , I was just wondering what are the programs used to make GC movies like in Final Fantasy and the Matrix Reloaded?

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GC? Whats that?

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Computer Generated movie like in Final Fantasy where the scene cuts from regualr game play to a movie there the character look real
and in the matrix when the peopel are flying or bullets flying at them those are CGs

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I'm pretty sure the matrix was rendered on a Silicon Image server cluster.

Bullet time effects can be made with Adobe After Effects- if you know how to use the effects properly.

I do professional video editing, so if ya need more details, don't hesitate to reply.

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Ok , I was just wondering what are the programs used to make GC movies like in Final Fantasy and the Matrix Reloaded?


Some of the software used includesAlias|Wavefront Maya (free for personal use); Blender , which is just plain free; LightWave 3D , which Dale Myers just used to re-create the Kennedy assassination for ABC News (and earlier to develop and model the animated M&Ms); and CinePaint (open-source and formerly FilmGIMP), used to blend it all with live action. There are others, of course.

Companies like Pixar and Weta Digital use a lot of software developed in-house, mixed with commercial and free.

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http://www.creativecow.net/articles/kumar_satish/bullet_time/ <- Creating the Matrix Bullet Time Effect in Adobe Premiere

;-) Told ya so.

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ok what programs is used to turn regular pictures into 3D or Cg characters?

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The link above has a guide with the programs required.

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