#HALF LIFE 2 SEVEN HOUR WAR SERIES#

There are many shots IвЂ™ve done lately which have come out looking totally realistic, but they are merely lighting tests, and that is why I donвЂ™t post them. Big scenes, like a sci-fi war in the middle of an every-day street, that sort of stuff seems to get the most wows. But of course, super-realistic shots where a Soldier is simply standing in the middle of a room has been to absolute death, so realism and content really have to go together. IвЂ™d have to say it is the realism and content of the shot which scores big. The thread at the Facepunch forum is now packed with people posting their own attempts, and thatвЂ™s definitely what is keeping that thread alive.ДЇxg: In your experience what really sells a shot? WhatвЂ™s keeping the hype going, though, is the gamerвЂ™s sudden desire to try this out themselves, and that is exactly whatвЂ™s happening. I suppose the quality of the image plays a small part in all the hype, but I really think itвЂ™s the illusion of a Half-Life 2 character standing in my house, backyard or driveway that gets people looking. People seem to be excited about the realism which is achieved, and even further excited about the strong possibility that this sort of realism could be achieved in real-time with a graphics card in the near future. I think youвЂ™ve summed most of the reasons up already! TheyвЂ™re obviously attracting a huge amount of people from the gaming community, the thread at the Facepunch forums have already shot up over the 700,000 views mark. School boy Nick Bertle under attack from some characters from one of his favourite video gameДЇxg: Nick, your work has generated a lot of interest, what do you think is generating the interest вЂ“ is it the quality of the photoreal output, the use of HDR, the fact that characters came from a game вЂ“ or that youвЂ™re relatively young? His work is nothing short of inspirational for young animators anywhere.

#HALF LIFE 2 SEVEN HOUR WAR SERIES#

fxguide caught up with him to discuss HDR CGI for part 3 of our вЂњAway from Live ActionвЂќ series.ДЈD is a cornerstone of visual effects вЂ“ so for the CGI version of our вЂњAway from Live ActionвЂќ series we wanted to find a very unusual CGI story, and none we found is more remarkable than the work of this school boy from Perth вЂ“ Nick Bertle.

Bertle has fast become a phenomenom for his work in HDR - all before he has left high school.

Paul Debevec opened his talk at SIGGRAPH 2005 by showing some images created by teenager Nick Bertle who had used HDR to have his favourite Half Life characters rock up at his place and hang out.

Half life 2 seven hour war