Starship Enterprise

At the request of many on the Stratalist, Jim created a full tutorial on the techniques used to create his own version of the USS Enterprise.

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Tutorial: Building the Enterprise

Topics covered include modeling, texture mapping, lighting, and compositing. The tutorial concludes with a description of the methods used in creating the fabulous warp drive effect.

| PDF format (2.8 MB) | ZIP archive (2.5 MB) |

Video

A flyby pass of Jim's highly-detailed CG model of the starship Enterprise, set to Jerry Goldsmith's music.

Rendered in Strata Studio Pro.

| View | Download | 30 sec. 3.5 MB.

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