In April, the river is drizzling.

He hadn't seen the sun for a week, and he was in the room all day, which made Jiang Keke feel very bad.

Probably after a woman is pregnant, she will always be emotionally unstable for some reason, and she will want to be depressed for some reason.

Gu Miao understood her feelings.

So he said that when the rain was over and the weather was clear, he would take the time to go out with his family and walk around the river.

When he said this, the animation "Yu-Gi-Oh" project had just been officially announced, and the production team had not yet gathered manpower.

It happened that during that time in the company, there were no important things that he needed to keep an eye on and deal with, so he promised to be very confident.

Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Finally, the rain stopped, and I finally saw the long-lost father of the sun. When Jiang Keke was holding the map of Jiangchuan and thinking about where to play, Gu Miao broke his promise.

"One Sword Alone"

Approaching May.

With the May Day holiday approaching, Wanbao Animation's Wolfsburg Studio has also begun to carry out a "sprint" rush to the animation "Legend of the Seven Swords" project.

The so-called sprint rush refers to completing the production and submitting it for review as much as possible before the arrival of the holidays.

Otherwise......

The official review department, then it's all a holiday! By the time they come back to work, how many days have passed?

That's not going to work!

The May Day holiday is too long.

When the staff of the audit department return to work after the leave, they will definitely have to deal with the mountain of unprocessed applications during the holiday.

In other words, at that time, it is estimated that the queue will be queued until the end of May.

Under such a premise, the production team worked overtime and submitted it for review before the May Day holiday, which was much more convenient than submitting it for review after the holiday.

Then you'll have to work overtime!

Because "The Legend of Seven Swords" is the second TV animation work directed by the apprentice Xiao Guo, and it is of a special nature, it is also an "original martial arts" feature-length animation with a huge investment.

Gu Miao, as the boss, as the master, and as the producer, of course, must always pay attention to and keep an eye on the progress of the project.

So he broke his promise.

originally agreed to go out with Coco, but because of the rush of the "Legend of Seven Swords" project, he had to stay in the company.

This directly caused Gu Miao's relationship with his prospective fiancée to drop to freezing point in an instant. For several days, Jiang Keke didn't give him a good look.

"I sleep in the study, I sleep on the sofa......"

"Who is this for? My dear apprentice, your master has made such a great sacrifice for you, you can't express it? Gu Miao grabbed Xiao Guo's shoulders and threatened.

Goodu!

Xiao Guo couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and under the hint of the master's eyes, he nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, master!" Master's side, I'll explain it for you! ”

"Good, good!"

Hearing this answer, Gu Miao said with great relief: "It is worthy of being my apprentice, this ideological consciousness is high!" ”

With the stupid apprentice Xiao Guo coming forward to explain and take the blame, he shouldn't have to continue to sleep on the sofa, right?

"Your master didn't say it beforehand."

Gu Miao, who had solved a matter on her mind, glanced at the special effects artist who was rendering in 3D in the distance, and couldn't help asking, "In 2D animation, is it really reliable for you to engage in 3D fights?" ”

"Pretty reliable......"

Speaking of this, Guo Hongwei couldn't help but smile and said, "Master, you don't know, right?" This is the method given to me by President Seto of the Neon Branch. ”

"He told me that this combination of 2D drama + 3D drama has been very popular recently, and many animations are in this mode."

Really?

Gu Miao, who hasn't paid attention to industry news for a long time, although he knows the existence of this model, he still doesn't quite understand, why did this kind of thing become popular?

"2D painting, focusing on the depiction of the character's expression and eye changes, is very useful for promoting the plot and portraying the character."

Guo Hongwei explains: "3D animation, on the other hand, uses bone modeling and motion capture to make the fight extremely smooth and smooth, which is an advantage that is difficult to achieve in 2D painting. ”

Gu Miao nodded.

When it comes to fighting, 3D does have an advantage over 2D. The main reason is also very simple, the movement of 3D character modeling has a trajectory to follow, and it is more free and changeable in storyboarding.

And, the main thing is to "save money"!

How much effort does it take to draw in 2D to be as smooth as 3D modeling in the fight section? How many keyframes do you draw?

This is not the same concept at all in terms of cost.

Of course!

The Wanbao family has a great cause, and Guo Hongwei, as Gu Miao's chief disciple, is not short of production funds. The reason why he uses 3D to make fights is not to "save money".

Instead, I took a fancy to the advantages of 3D animation in fighting scenes!

"It's really good."

Gu Miao glanced at the 3D effect that had just been rendered, and felt that it was indeed worthy of Guo Hongwei's praise, and the fight made in this way was much smoother and smoother than 2D.

Why?

As we all know, there is a concept of "combos" in fight design.

Combo moves, as the name suggests, have to be connected and released to have a taste. And in the process of combos, the smoother and smoother the move, the better the look!

It's like playing a game, the frame rate of the game changes......

Can the visual effect of the combo of 20 frames and 30 frames be compared to 60 frames or even 120 frames?

Not a level at all!

In the animation "Legend of the Seven Swords", the seven protagonists are all masters of using swords, and the use and release of different sword moves become extremely smooth and smooth after 3D rendering.

It's amazing!

According to Guo Hongwei, the cost of 3D animation effects used in the fighting part is actually not lower than that of 2D painting, and even counting the post-production of special effects, motion capture and rendering, the cost will only be greater.

But it's well spent.

"Martial arts, first of all, the first word is martial arts! There is no doubt that the play is the essence of this animation. ”

Gu Miao praised: "If you do a good job in the drama, and then work the literary drama, it will be an excellent martial arts animation." ”

From this point of view.

Although Guo Hongwei is making and coming into contact with martial arts animation for the first time, his understanding is indeed unique, and he has very personal characteristics and style.

A combination of 2D drama + 3D play.

At first glance, it looks very weird, and it makes people wonder if the production team is so poor that they can't do a good fight, so they can only make do with spicy chicken 3D.

But actually took a look.

Gu Miao felt that this combination of 2D+3D had been exerted by the apprentice to the upper limit level.

Especially the transition shot from 2D to 3D, he handled it very well, and came up with the concept of a 2.5D transition animation.

The protagonist's villain's opening trash talk is 2D, the villain is enraged, and his subordinates draw their swords and glaring at the protagonist, this section is 2.5D, that is, pseudo-3D.

The villain went completely berserk and besieged the protagonist with his men, and the moment the battle began, the picture was upgraded to 3D.

The transitions are extremely natural and smooth.

Although it is 2D to 3D, it does not give people a very stiff and abrupt feeling, but it feels ......

That's how it should be!