Comments on: Eye candy: Halo 4′s stunning opening cinematic

By: Jim Thacker

Jim Thacker — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:53:18 +0000

Axis did the Halo web series (we ran a separate story on it here: http://bit.ly/SyEb6I), but I’m pretty sure the cinematic itself was by Digic. Their website hasn’t been updated for a while, but there’s a forum post by lead character modeller Tamas Varga in which he says Digic did both the intro and the epilogue: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1078778.

By: Rash

Rash — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:09:23 +0000

Just one correction. The animation was produced by Axis Animation (not Digic) and motion capture was performed at Giant Studios.

By: Armie

Armie — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:06:30 +0000

For me, the lady has the best and most realistic skin shader I’ve ever seen. Until she opens her mouth she looks absolutely real.

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:28:01 +0000

Yeah it had its moments.

By: Jim Thacker

Jim Thacker — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:43:34 +0000

I think some shots work better than others, but a little bit of creepiness quite suits that character. There were some quite nice little things going on with the eyes, I thought.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:49:02 +0000

Pretty firmly seated in the Uncanny Valley if you ask me.