It may seem unfair to the later entrants to take this approach, but it makes sense for the organizers to do so, because the contest also has to balance the speed of the contest in addition to the content of the contest, and the author who submits first certainly does not spend as much time as the late submitter, but the author who submits the work later has more time to revise and refine his work.

The competition was divided into two groups. One group is CG still frame, which is to use CG technology to depict a picture that is close to the actual photo, so that others can not see that your picture was drawn by a computer. What shows how high the level is is the degree to which the realism of the image can misjudge the real object taken with a high-resolution camera in a CG still image.

The other group is video, which uses CG technology to "create" a video that is similar to a real film.

Obviously, video is far more complex than stills, and the action of the content played in a second of video requires at least twenty-four stills to support. Therefore, when setting the bonus, the first prize of CG still frame is only 10,000 yuan, and the first prize of CG video is as high as 200,000 yuan, as long as you win in CG video, you can be hired by Nebula Technology Company with an annual salary of at least 120,000 yuan.

The annual salary of 120,000 yuan is the high salary that most young people dream of, which naturally attracts the participation and attention of many computer enthusiasts.

After a period of study and research, Meng Wentian is no longer a CG rookie, so when he opened some of the entries on this website, he found that many works can really be described as miserable.

Many CG still frames can be seen at a glance by computer artificial splicing, and the picture cannot be enlarged as a photo, and a square color block can be seen when you zoom in. Some people simply make it simpler, using an existing photo to make special effects, trying to fool the test, but as long as you look at it with a little professional eye, you will know that it is a lie.

So much so that in the comment column of the work, many people scolded the author of the fraud. Meng Wentian was very puzzled by this kind of author's behavior: "These people have water in their heads, right?

Of course, there are still some good works in those top reviews, and some CG still pictures are very delicately processed, and if you don't look carefully, you really think they were taken with a camera. And CG video is slightly inferior,The video generally doesn't look like a real movie,How do they all have the feeling of animation,Especially if a slightly professional person like Meng Wentian watches the video,There are more loopholes found,The fight of martial arts people is simply only their hands or feet moving,Other parts are basically unchanged,Basically, they are moving with the body,It's just that there is no sense of sluggishness in animation。

Even the CG video that shows "Xuanyuan Sword Venerable" at the current high ranking, that is, the hands and heels are gesturing with the opponent, the eyes blink occasionally, and the hem of the robes worn by the ancients also flutters from time to time, which is a little more realistic than the average animation.

After reading these entries, Meng Wentian's confidence has increased a lot, although he knows that the current works do not represent the ability of high-level authors, many people with real skills will not submit works for the time being, they will look at the level of other people like Meng Wentian first, and will learn something worthy of their own learning from middle school, and then pass it on when the time is almost up.

But Meng Wentian can still have a rough judgment on the current CG level in his heart.

He went straight to CG video, and from the very beginning he was working on the framework program that supports CG video, actively and assiduously researching CG video engines.

Like games, CG videos also need an engine, but Meng Wentian calls it a framework program, which is used to shape the skeletons of moving objects in the video (including characters, weapons, clothing, animals, etc.), and then add digital masks and digital skins to these skeletons, and then render other colors, lights, sounds, etc.

It's just that the complexity of this CG video engine can be adjusted by yourself, and the comparison website only requires the author to provide a 30-second video, and the characters in the fight are only two warriors, and the venue for the fight is also specified at the top of the mountain. This all means that Meng Wentian and other participating authors can simplify the engine as much as possible according to these, instead of having to be like a game engine, which has many characters, many backgrounds, and countless props.

But Meng Wentian's heart was much more ambitious, and with Wang Ruxue's encouragement, he decided to take the idea of the manuscript she gave him, and use the idea of multi-dimensional arrays to make this CG video engine with the concurrency principle discussed therein. To put it simply, what this CG video engine wants to do is:

He used the two servers given to him by Nebulas as the commander, and the countless user computers in the network as participants. The conductor (server) divides the objects that may be moving in the video, then assigns their movements to the participants (other user computers) for calculation, and then sends them a command to report the results of the operation at the same time from a certain point onwards, and the conductor (server) combines these results in different parts of the moving objects to form a coordinated whole.

This method is simple to say, but it is very difficult to execute, especially the problem of task allocation, time synchronization, and composition. And this method is not really not processing in the strict sense, although each user computer can be processed at the same time under the coordination of the server, but when the server receives the calculation results and combines these results, it still adopts serial technology, but the serial time is reduced as much as possible, giving the audience an illusion, making the audience think that it is discovered at the same time, so it looks lifelike.

The reason why Meng Wentian is willing to do this and dare to do this is because on the one hand, he was inspired by that manuscript, and felt that although the author of that manuscript was stubborn and cold, his thinking and creativity could still be brought into play, and if this kind of thinking and creativity were successfully used, not to mention that it would have a huge role in promoting current computer technology, but at least it could improve his own computer level.

On the other hand, he has a free and even forced him to learn technology, and the most rare thing is that this teacher is a computer master. She has a very in-depth study of engine technology, which is enough to help Meng Wentian a lot, and can help him clear up many problems encountered in his research.

In that case, why not do it herself? It's a big deal to take some more programs or program frameworks from the game engine she's working on.

In fact, Wang Ruxue knew what Meng Wentian needed to complete the CG video, and she kept putting the game engine information in Meng Wentian's hand, and also marked some technical points of the game engine according to the characteristics of the CG video, so that Meng Wentian could pay more attention. As for what Meng Wentian didn't understand, she took the trouble to explain.

It can be said that Meng Wentian is working with Wang Ruxue on the engine production of CG videos, and then on the basis of this engine, specific video creation. It's just that the general direction (such as the storyline, character image setting, character actions, etc.) is determined by Meng Wentian, and Wang Ruxue does the relevant auxiliary work and provides final technical support.

Of course, Wang Ruxue also learned a lot from Meng Wentian, especially the concurrent processing technology that Meng Wentian realized by studying multi-dimensional array technology in the computer monograph, which made Wang Ruxue's eyes light up, and when Meng Wentian applied this concurrent processing technology to CG video, she was even more amazed at Meng Wentian's rebellion. If his method is realized, it is really possible to "upgrade" the computer of every computer user, and the ordinary computer will become a minicomputer, and every computer user can create videos at home.

Wang Ruxuefang was relieved: she really didn't expect Meng Wentian to so simply abandon the limitations of the monograph on hardware, and only absorb the concurrent processing technology of the software in the monograph, and truly "take its essence and discard its dross", cow!

Relatively speaking, Yao Xiaoyan has done very little in this matter, because most of her energy is spent on studying and coping with the next college entrance examination, but she is not without effort, and she also plays a very important role, that is, to determine the appearance and shape of the characters in the video, and determine the costumes and makeup of the characters.

She has studied painting since she was a child, and her aesthetic ability is much stronger than Meng Wentian, how the real characters in the video can move to look heroic, how the clothes are stained with blood, and how tattered to set off the fierce fighting of martial arts people, these are her strengths.

It's just that this kind of video production can't be completed in a short time, even if Meng Wentian works hard, it will take several months. It's not that Meng Wentian's technology is unfamiliar, but CG production is really troublesome. You must know that the CG video materials used in the movie "Jurassic Park" on Earth were completed by a famous team and cost more than 100 million dollars.

The CG video that Meng Wentian needs to make is naturally not so complicated, but there are still a lot of things to do, not to mention that it is impossible for him to work hard now to do only one thing, and there are many things that will take the initiative to disturb him. No, this morning, when he was conceiving the image of the main character in the CG video, Hua Yi called to the rescue.

Hua Yi said on the phone: "Meng Wentian, come to Changheng County immediately!"

Meng Wentian said: "Who are you, if you want me to go to Changheng County, I will go to Changheng County? You think you are my boss and give me a salary." ”

Hua Yi said as a matter of course: "Are you a man? You promised me that as long as I have something to ask you, you will come and help." Have you forgotten?"

Meng Wentian remembered that she had said before that she had said that the little girl was killed in a car accident, and she casually agreed to her because she was too busy at that time. He couldn't help but say depressedly: "I just agreed casually, are you serious?...... How long will it take?"

Hua Yi said: "I don't know. …… It can be as short as a week, as long as a month, or maybe half a year. ”