How was LightWave used to produce the VFX for the CSI episode Toe Tags?
For my particular shot I had a track of the plate which was done in BouJou and from there I added the CG skull and eyeballs. Originally I had parts of the brain left over and veins that kind of hung down into the skull, but we decided that it was a little TOO gross with the veins and brain so we took those out. The eyes were also animated so that they moved slightly as she spoke. Photoshop was used for the texturing. That’s my main tool for texturing. We use After Effects and Combustion a lot for our compositing. I believe that shot was comped in After Effects. What was the schedule for Toe Tags? How long did it actually take? We had about three days for the shot. Our days usually run about nine hours, but there are occasions where we have to work weekends, although that’s a rarity. The way I see most of my work is it’s never really finished. There always seems to be something more that could have been done, but at the end of the day you run out of time and have to move on to another s
