Windlight Dreaming

Shortly after the Lindens put Windlight on the Beta grid, there was a burst of Resident-made machinima showcasing the new lighting/environmental system-- at least 50 videos on YouTube alone.  So far my personal favorite is this one by aptly-named Japanese Resident Miyaoka Hitchcock; I say "apt", because watching it reminds me of a story from the early career of Alfred Hitchcock.  Originally a graphics artist, Hitchcock was once commissioned to design a newspaper ad for a lighting company.  Instead of featuring the actual product, however, he depicted the interior a well-lit church, to give you the sense of how the lighting made you feel.  Second Life's Hitchcock effectively does the same with Windlight here, though the video itself will probably remind you of another film great: if Miyazaki made machinima, it'd probably look something like this.

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[Torley]

Ooooh WindLighty goodness. Nice to see the "Incongruent Truths" preset in that movie, and even better yet, the silky-smooth motions of Client menu > Joystick Flycam, one of Second Life's most useful "hidden features"!

Anyone wishing to use the Joystick Flycam to machinimate should see:

» http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Joystick_Flycam

BUT, WindLight is *not* on the "Beta grid". The WindLight viewer runs on the same "main grid" (internally dubbed "Agni") as the main release viewer.

Joy to watch WindLight movies being made in addition to all the pretty pictures I've seen...