As part of my underwater robot (ROV) project (see the engineering section for more information), I created this parody of an old Apple iMac commercial (search YouTube for iMac Colors).
I used Lightwave 3D and Adobe After Effects to produce the commercial. In After Effects I studied the Apple commercial frame-by-frame to match it as closely as possible. The copy I had was 24fps, so I did the ROV commercial in 24fps too.
Download the video (32 seconds, 6 MB):
Quicktime or Windows Media
I rendered this simulation for an engineering dynamics class. The class focused on using Nastran 4D, but I discovered that by exporting the data into Lightwave 3D I could make much cleaner animations. Thus, I was able to use Nastran's ability to simulate dynamics with Lightwave's lighting and rendering engine to produce this video.
For a junior level mechanical engineering design class, I worked with a group to design a 60 foot tall steel trebuchet. Needless to say, we couldn't actually build this, but I thought it would be fun to create a commercial for it using Lightwave 3D and Adobe After Effects.
You can watch the commercial here. The website that opens was included on a CD-ROM that we distributed to the class after our presentation.
