Evaluation

Overall I was very happy with the outcome of my three idents. I believe I used different techniques and facilities for each one. They all revolve around a similar length, never exceeding much more than 30seconds. In relation to what 3d techniques I have used I feel I have learnt much more. In particular with the reactor engine, creating water and also learning how to make light beams visible. There are still many tools within 3DS max that I am yet to learn, but I’m sure I will pick these up with time.

As with my seasonal calendar work I think it is visible in the idents themselves of the progress I made with the program, and again as with the calendar I found myself liking the most recently created ident the most.

If I had more time on the project I believe I would probably look over some of the materials used to try and create more realism than it has already. Although I think the materials I have used work well, this doesn’t mean improvement can’t be made. One aspect that I would have particularly liked to have added would have been in my final ident (lord of the rings). I would have liked to be able to animate the ring dropping off into the water, creating a splash effect, ripples in the water from its impact and then to be able to alter the gravitational settings to allow the ring to sink down to the waterbed. However due to not having a clue how to do this I did not even attempt to do so.