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The Void

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This piece is based on the ST:VOY episode "Night" from the 5th season in which Voyager is trying to traverse a region of space in the Delta Quadrant devoid of any stars, hence the darkness.

It may look like a very simple piece, but I spent nearly a day getting the lighting right (using footage from the episode as basis) and doing test renders at good 30-40 minutes a piece, plus PS postwork. I can now certainly appreciate the work the original effects team must have had.

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Background: One black layer. :P

Meshes: Voyager by Sarod.

Composition: Apart from post work and refinement on glows entirely composed in LW and rendered. Had to do several renders which I then superimposed in PS as some of the native glows did not work well in the setting I had chosen for most of the ship. So I rendered another version without glows and then added and adapted both in PS.

The area glows by and around the shuttle bay, the green glow on the engineering hull and bits and pieces are postwork in PS. I also applied a small motion blur and added a grain effect plus some final blending to slightly brighten the entire scene.

Total time approx. 1 day 70% of which render time and 33 layers in PS.

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Comments and critique welcome as usual. Full view recommended. Enjoy.

IMPORTANT: On my home system any part of the Voyager not particularly lit was dark, so if for some reason this is not the case when you look at the picture - losing some of the effect, adjust your screen settings! :P ;)
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