BEHOLD! A gemstone lighting set.

[Asuma]

Here's a little gemstone piece I did for my portfolio class. It took about two days to render (as an animation).

Added a glow effect.

Currently rendering an animation video.

Done in 3ds Max

[DimensionWarped]

It's pretty

[Asuma]

Yes, it is.

[ila]

Can't say much on the technical aspects of it, but it has a certain nostalgic feel to it. Kinda like when I'd play with some 3D clip art program I had when I was younger. Or messed around with architecture programs and walked around my virtual house. That kinda thing.

[Asuma]

Ah.

Here's the animation rotation.

[DimensionWarped]

The animation of the camera is a little less than beautiful. I'd advise binding the camera to a circle and controlling the camera by making tweens involving the circle more so than the camera.

[Asuma]

Thats what it was at first, but I had to to a semi circle due to time constraints. We had to share the room with the AutoCad students and the teacher gets pissy if why to do a render. Had to it on a weekend, took two days. If I had did a full circle, it would have overlapped in a another class's session. That render of a full circle would have took about 4 days.

[DimensionWarped]

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying you use a circle as a fixture for your camera so that you can do smoother pans. That way, instead of moving the camera to a number of places with your key frames, you simple rotate the circle 160 degrees or so and the camera's base will move to fit. Linking is a pretty useful tool in 3ds max.

[Asuma]

I can do that, but for that, I'd have to go back to my school and use their computers.