Craving Berlin?
(6.8mb MPEG format, sound)  by etwas neues entsteht (concept) & BrainPets (direction/production)
This video was made for the Berlin Tourism board.  It was directed by David Maas, who also did the modeling, shading, animation, and monster sounds.  Rigging was by Marek Schneider, and Stefan "Brederock" Bredereck handled the render wrangling, compositing, music, sound effects and output.

People
(15mb DivX format, sound)  by Taron
This video is a great example of messiah:studio's displacement rendering.  The character object is the same throughout the video, and the changes are made entirely with texturing and displacements created in Pixologic's ZBrush.

Neckling Change
(1mb  Quicktime) by Taron
Another sample of "displacement map morphing" created by Taron.

Neckling
(1mb  Quicktime) by Taron
Taron's original "displacement map morphing" test.  This is a very simple object that gets all of its detail from the displacement maps.  The actual model is visible on the upper right in the animation.

The Bridge
(4mb MPEG or 1.6mb Real Player  format, sound) by Guillaume Laforge
Digital Artists Wes Coman and Geoff Suttor decided it would be fun to model and rig Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner for messiah and make them available to anyone who wanted to play with them.  Guillaume Laforge took them up on the offer and here's his results.  If you'd like to give it a shot yourself, here are the messiah files:  Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner        Videos:  MPG    Real Player

The Glass Cage
(2.5megs, Quicktime; no sound)  by  Akira Orikasa of CafeFX
This amazing animation of Brad Pitt uses the same rig as "The Boxer" (see below).  Take extra note of the amazing quality of the deformation of the shoulders.  Great work Akira!  And this was using the original project:messiah plug-in; we look forward to seeing what Akira will do now that he has the latest version. :-)

Boxer
(1.9megs, MPEG; sound)  by CafeFX
This animation was created as an in-house demo to test bone-controlled muscle systems.  Says it's creator, Akira Orikasa, "I must tell you there would have been no way to create this animation without messiah."  The motion is roto-animated from a reference with Muscle expression to simulate human anatomy, and the facial animation is done with Morph Blender.  The hair is done with Sasquatch.

Subway
(MPEG format; sound)  by Fred Tepper
This was created with messiah:studio 2.0, just to play with the renderer.  It's 1.7 million polygons, is lit with one spotlight (no radiosity), and has traced depth-of-field.  The subway cars don't really have much texturing, but the tunnel itself does have some procedural textures.  There are two videos: One is black & white, and was post-processed to look like black & white film that was pushed by a couple of stops in developing (grain was added, the contrast was raised, and the color was removed).  The other version is the straight render.  Black & White   Color (both are 1.3 mb)

The Tape
(8megs, MPEG format; sound)  by Dennis Nikolaidis
This is a short film made using messiah:studio for rigging and animation.  It's a great piece on its own, but also contains a funny nod to Victor Navone's classic Alien Song short for those of you who've seen that.

Big Ape
(3.2megs, Quicktime format; sound)  by Eggington Productions
This logo was created for Big Ape Productions, a game company.  The animation was created with project:messiah 1.5.  For those of you with broadband, here's a larger version (640x480; 6.1megs).

Titanic, December 1911
(5.3megs, MPEG format)  by Fred Tepper
A quickie test, animated and rendered with messiah:studio, then processed with Sonic Foundry's Vegas Video.  The video depicts the RMS Titanic some time in December, 1911, as it awaits the workers to arrive and finish the fitting out.  Most of the upper decks are incomplete, and the four massive funnels have yet to be installed.  The idea was to re-create the look of the paper prints collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.  The lighting is global illumination (no standard lights), and the render time for the raw 320x240 images was 4 minutes per frame (with un-optimized code).  And if you're interested, here's how it might have looked in 1965 on 16mm film (2.4megs DivX), and 1977 in Super-8 (1.5megs, DivX).

Let Love Be Your Energy
(15.6megs, DivX format; sound)  by Passion Pictures
Passion Pictures does it again!  Using messiah for all character animation and camerawork, Passion Pictures created a fun, sexy video for Robbie Williams' latest single, "Let Love Be Your Energy".  Most recently, it was part of the Siggraph 2001 Animation Theater.   Note: This video contains animated nudity and adult situations, and may not be suitable for children under 18.  Yes, really.

Let Love Be Your Energy - Bloopers & Outtakes
(8.3megs, MPEG format; sound)  by Passion Pictures
Even on animated films it sometimes seems like nothing goes right.  After you've watched the "Let Love Be Your Energy" video, take a look at these hilarious bloopers and outtakes.  These were a big hit at Siggraph.  Note: This video contains adult language, animated nudity and adult situations, and may not be suitable for children under 18.  Yes, really.

Gorillaz:  19/2000
(15megs, MPEG format; sound)  by Passion Pictures
Another great music video made by Passion Pictures with project:messiah.  This is one of several they've done for Gorillaz. 

Secret Hand
(2.4megs, DivX format; sound)  by Andras Kavalecz at Carnera3D
This little animation was a personal project that Andras did to familiarize himself with the new version of messiah.

Visitor
(6.5megs, DivX format; sound)  by FX studio
This is the first character animation short from FX studio in Germany.  It features some really fun 2D and 3D animation (the 3D being, of course, done with messiah), and it's a great example of what a small group of talented artists can do given the right tools.

Pitchbug
(2.5megs, DivX format; sound)  by Shane Ushijima
"Pitchbug" is an animation created to test messiah's character animation tools.  We should all wish that our "little tests" were this good.  :-)

Pron
(2.2megs, DivX format; sound)  by Taron
This animation was created for the messiah demo reel for Siggraph 2001.  It's a deceptively simple piece of animation.  What you're looking at is a sophisticated combination of bones (for the mouth and brows) and morphs (for some of the wrinkles).  And if you've got the eyes for it, we have a stereoscopic 3D version of it too.  To view it, cross your eyes so the two images form a new one in the middle, then relax your eyes into focus.  A good viewing distance is about 12-18 inches from the screen.  3D Pron (DivX).

Flipman
(1.4megs, DivX format)  by Taron
This is another test for a personal project.  The dog may be familiar to messiah users because the model, setup, and scene is included on the project:messiah 1.5 CD.

Dustmite
(765k, DivX format)  by Taron/CafeFX
This is a quick shot of a CG dustmite by Taron at CafeFX.  It was R&D for an in-house project.

F8  (Teaser)
(5.4megs, DivX format; sound)  by Jason Wen
This is a trailer for a short film.  All animation (including the camera) was created in messiah.  Jason's favorite messiah features: interface speed, MorphBlender, expressions, and IK.  Note: The DivX format provides the best image, but if you don't have that codec or don't want to install it, here are some additional formats: MPEG (8megs) 

Kool 93.9
(6megs, Quicktime format; sound)  by Francois Daigle
"Kool 93.9" is a 30 second advertisement for a radio station.  Francois used project:messiah 1.5 for all animation in this spot.

D and Ad
(5.4megs, MPEG; sound)  by Passion Pictures
A fun and very funny introduction piece for the Design and Advertising annual award ceremony in England.  Character animation created in project:messiah 1.5.

Pete's Song
(12.25megs, MPEG; sound)  by Thad Clevenger
"Pete's Song" is a short film created as a test project for doing lip-synch with facial bones instead of morphs.  This was Thad's first real attempt at character animation, and I'm sure you'll agree that he's got a big future ahead of him.    And the music of Barry White will never be the same!  For more of Thad's work, take a look at his web site:  www.puzzledust.com

Biff
(6.2megs, MPEG; sound)  by Blue Rocket Productions
"Biff" is a short film created as a test project.  The idea was to test the various character setup tools in messiah and develop a complex yet easy to use rig.

Wonka Candies
(4.5megs, MPEG; sound)  by Passion Pictures
A television advertisement for Wonka candies.  All character animation was created with messiah.

Thunderball Lottery
(3megs, MPEG; sound)   by Passion Pictures
This is a 19 second television advertisement for the Thunderball lottery.  The character animation was done with messiah.

MechSquid
(1meg, DivX)  by Adam Hansgen
This animation was created as a personal project.  The legs use IK and the tube uses FlexMotion and some slider-controlled expressions.

Spaceboy
(1.4megs, DivX)  by David Moulder
"Spaceboy" is a personal test project by David Moulder, a 21 year old student studying Electronic Media at Wolverhampton University in England.  He's been using messiah for about a year and had been experimenting with character animation for about four months at the time this was created.

Butch
(351k, MPEG)  by Taron
"Butch" was created to test some bone-controlled morphing ideas.  The bone setup is extremely simple, yet the elbows and shoulders flex in a very realistic way.  This object and scene file is included on the project:messiah 1.5 CD.  The video was created using messiah's "Save OpenGL Preview" feature.

Lapin Decadant
(13mb Windows Media format) by Screen Dream
Click on the picture at left to go to the "Lapin Decadant" page.  The animation was made with messiah:studio and rendered in LightWave.  Note: This video contains animated nudity and adult situations, and may not be suitable for children under 18.  Yes, really.  

Morons From Uranus
(2.1megs, MPEG; sound)  by Charles Anderson, Josh Gunther & Jose Perez III
This scene is part of a short film created as a class assignment in character animation at the Art Institute of Seattle.

Colgate Toothpaste
(4.5megs, MPEG; sound)  by Passion Pictures
This is a 29 second television advertisement for Colgate toothpaste.  The character animation was done with messiah.

Monte
(341k, MPEG; sound)  by Monte
"Monte" was created as a sample animation for Siggraph 2000.  This video was created using messiah's "Save OpenGL Preview" feature, and shows some of the controls used to animate him.  The green points on his brows and lips are controlling the bones for those areas using messiah's FlexMotion^TM effect.

Combo No. 5
(6megs, DivX format; sound)  by Francois Daigle
"Combo No. 5" was a big hit at Siggraph 2001.  This was a personal project by Francois, made as a test and to put on his demo reel.