Is it not a galgame?

December 2000, 8.

Tokyo.

pokeni co., ltd.

In broad daylight, a group of programmers and artists were chattering around Ken Akanishi's workstation.

"Wow, this video is quite powerful."

Akanishi Ken sighed.

On his computer, a CG short film of only about 10 seconds was playing.

Although it is said to be CG, the one in the center of the screen is President Qing Zhiyuan.

This section is a clip of Qing Zhiyuan's presentation at the E3 electronics show, and they intercepted it.

However, Qing Zhiyuan in the video at this time is not standing on the E3 presentation stage, but floating in space.

The microphone in his hand was connected by a long wire, extending into the darkness.

Occasionally, an exaggerated octopus floats past him.

But Qing Zhiyuan still introduced the Matrix calmly.

"Hahaha, isn't this too funny?"

Everyone laughed very happily.

This is not a particularly high-tech AI face-changing technology. It just uses post-production special effects to process the background behind Qing Zhiyuan to a certain extent.

The person is still the same person, but the whole environment has changed.

Computer special effects are actually pretty good these days.

You must know that in his previous life, Spider-Man was a science fiction action blockbuster released in 2002.

pokeni has the world's most advanced design concepts and technologies. Not only did it win at the starting line, but it also had Qing Zhiyuan, a time traveler from the future, to guide it. The process of exploring many procedural issues is actually the most time-consuming, but once you know The answer becomes very simple.

Just like doing math problems, those who don't know how to do it are not difficult for those who know how to do it.

This is what P Club is like now.

Although the technology is not enough to make it look real, and rough cutouts can be seen in the short film, it is still very interesting if you ignore some small details.

"Can you change the background?" Akanishi Ken asked the student next to him, Komura Kimogi, who is responsible for the development of computer special effects technology.

"OK,"

Xiaocun showed a wicked smile.

"However, it takes a lot of time to render now. Just the 10 seconds just took more than a day to render."

"Then tell me something." Everyone was a little disappointed. They originally wanted to see what kind of chemical reaction the president would have when he combined it with other things.

"But but, everyone."

Komura took out a CD from his hand and said, "I have already prepared it in advance."

what?
This guy……

Everyone also started laughing.

I didn't expect that he had hidden a secret, and what's even more unexpected was that he actually carved a disc?
Ken Akanishi took the CD and put it in the CD-ROM drive to read and play it.

I saw that the video was still that video, but the background had changed again.

In the short film, Qing Zhiyuan's background was changed to a large bed room, and there was a "beautiful girl" lying on the bed.

She is said to be a beauty, but she is actually like a flower. Not only is she dressed coolly, but she is also posing for the camera.

When everyone saw this, they immediately laughed.

"Let me tell you, in the production of this section, I actually spliced ​​the content of another video together, so this effect can appear."

Xiaocun was so excited that he didn't notice a strange thing at all -

The laughter of colleagues nearby stopped.

And some people have begun to leave in twos and threes.

Taiji Sakata, who was standing opposite Komura, winked at him, not knowing what he was doing.

Only Akanishi Ken and him were looking at the computer intently and discussing passionately.

"Isn't this too funny?"

"Hey, I spent more than a day rendering it. It looks simple, but in fact it's not easy to stitch together."

"Not bad, this is done so well that it can be confused with the real thing."

A young voice came from behind.

Ken Akanishi's anus tightened.

He was very familiar with this voice. He had been with him for more than ten years.

Without looking back, Akanishi Ken knew it was President Qing Zhiyuan.

Mom!
It actually hit the muzzle of the gun.

However, Komura Kimo didn't hear it and smiled a little proudly.

"I remember that there was a large white projection canvas behind this, right?"

"The reason why this section is easier to do is that there is a large white screen behind the president," explained Komura Kimige.

"Is it possible without a green screen?" the voice asked seductively, "Why do I see that many film and television companies like to use green screens when producing special effects?"

"For general shooting, it is best to use a green screen for post-production."

Xiao Cun snapped his fingers, feeling that this colleague had got the point right.

So I became even more excited.

Ken Akanishi next to him covered his face in pain, saying that he couldn't save you even if he wanted to.

"In modern photography technology, green occupies the largest proportion. The green information captured can be easily deleted with one click in the cutout, so that special effects can be produced. The brightness of green is also very impressive, which can effectively improve the efficiency of post-production. .

But it does not mean that you must use a green screen for post-production. Standing in front of a large white screen like the president can actually facilitate post-production.

It just requires some color replenishment.

The principle is very simple. The computer directly recognizes the color value and then deletes it with one click.

But if it is white, then after one-click deletion, if the skin itself is relatively white, and the light at that time makes light spots appear on the face, deleting the white background later will cause some transparent spots to appear on the face. spot. "

After subtracting the white color, Komura Kimi can use the program he wrote to fill in the color of these transparent spots.

"It's actually quite simple."

Komura concluded.

Bang bang bang... there was a timely round of applause from behind.

But what makes Xiao Cun more confused is——

Why don't you laugh?

I'm the only one laughing so awkwardly, okay?
Komuraki Shigeru turned his head to see who this hero was.

As soon as he turned around, he was so frightened that he sat down directly on the computer desk.

"Sheshesheshe...President? When did you come?"

Qing Zhiyuan pointed at Akanishi Ken's computer screen expressionlessly, "It starts with the man on the bed shouting, come on."

"Ah this..."

Xiaocun quickly covered the screen with his hands.

After thinking about it, I quickly grabbed the mouse and turned off the video.

He didn't even dare to look into Qing Zhiyuan's eyes, but only glanced at Senior Akanishi.

The latter slowly shook his head and gave him a sad look.

It's over, it's over, you've offended the president and you still want to leave?
You're done.

……

As expected, Qing Zhiyuan patted the back of his chair gently and said, "Come to the president's office."

"Ah... this is a good president."

Komuraki Shigeru responded uncomfortably.

"Akanishi-san, you come too."

"what?"

Ken Akanishi feels very uncomfortable, why am I here again?

However, after the two people went to the president's office, they discovered that the president was not angry and accountable because they were using their own image to have fun.

Regarding this matter, Qing Zhiyuan was much more generous and calm than they imagined.

After all, in his previous life, Penguin's prank emojis and videos of Ponyboy were used throughout the company. As the president, he should bring more joy to his employees.

Otherwise, it would be so tiring to go to work boringly every day.

Qing Zhiyuan asked carefully about pokeni's technical research and development in computer special effects.

Kobayashi Kishige responded seriously, "If you use green screen shooting, you can basically synthesize existing shooting materials. If you want to create something that doesn't exist, you can only rely on art.

A large 5D model with a model accuracy of 3 faces and 24 frames will probably take more than a day to render on a machine.

It mainly depends on the specific difficulty and details.

The cost to achieve different levels will definitely be different. "

"That's okay." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

He turned around and asked Ken Akanishi, "What if it's in a game? Can current 3D achieve the space effect just shown?"

"Huh?" Ken Akanishi was stunned for a moment, "Theoretically, it is possible, and even if real-time rendering cannot drive it, it can actually be replaced by playing CG."

Ok.

Qing Zhiyuan nodded silently.

This idea coincided with his.

The company's current level of computer special effects is actually quite impressive.

Take "The Lord of the Rings", which will be released next year, as an example. Although a large number of mini models and real scenes were used for filming, many parts were still made with computer special effects, such as halflings, dragons, large-scale battles, etc. wait……

But even so, the Lord of the Rings trilogy will not be outdated even 20 years later, and it is even still a model for special effects production.

The level of pokeni's computer special effects is definitely no worse than that of Lord of the Rings.

Especially after Qing Zhiyuan confirmed it with the two core programmers, he became more and more certain of this.

"Great. This means we can shoot more sci-fi movies and make more sci-fi games at the same time."

Seeing the smile on the corner of the president's mouth, Ken Akanishi felt a chill in his heart for no reason.

very scary.

too frightening.

It's over, it's over, the president has already known our progress, and we will really be dragged into actual combat in the future!
He looked back and found that this guy Xiao Cun was smiling very happily in cooperation.

At this time, Komura Mumo still did not realize the seriousness of the problem.

……

After sending the two programmers away.

Qing Zhiyuan sat in the office and thought silently.

Now, including Paradox and Moon River, the super IPs he holds include the Marvel series, Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.

Games related to Harry Potter and Game of Thrones are already in production.

However, the corresponding movie has not yet started filming, and Marvel's Spider-Man has not yet started.

Originally it was because the technology was not particularly mature yet.

But now this problem no longer exists.

On the other hand, Yuehe does not have enough production plans. After all, for a film and television production company, it is enough to run a commercial blockbuster every two years.

Now Yuehe is still filming the last two parts of the Matrix trilogy. It won't be until 2002 if the overall filming is completed.

However, time waits for no one.

If the game is released without film and television dramas to clear the way, then the publicity effect will be greatly reduced.

The most important reason why super IPs are super IPs is the number of viewers and popularity they bring after their film and television transformation.

Thinking of this, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but become worried.

It's time to push to the Moon River side.

What is this called?
All is ready except for the opportunity!
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