(Don't forget to check out the Trello board for detailed progress!)

Rendering Evolution

The transition to Blender's Eevee rendering engine hit a major milestone:

52 high-quality 4K resolution renders completed in under 2 hours!

While Eevee presents unique lighting challenges compared to path-based rendering, these skills will improve with time and practice.

Scene Development

This scene has come at a reasonably slow pace, as the transition to Blender was a long and tedious (but very necessary) process. Characters/assets/scenes/poses had to be exported & imported, textures had to be recreated, character-specific traits had to be manually generated (such as the Psion glow-eyes), and some things just had to be recreated from scratch. And that doesn't discount the many hours dedicated to education and learning Blender! So while this first scene in Blender has been at a slow pace, the road ahead is bright, exciting, and full of infinite possibilities!

Chapter 1 Scene 5 has reached final development stages:

• 5 establishing shots rendered
• 52 main scene shots rendered
• Remaining shots awaiting final pose and setup (including the PRISM facility, see below)
• Character textures enhanced for Eevee compatibility (skin, hair, and eyes)

PRISM Facility Development

A major milestone has been reached with the completion of the PRISM (Psychic Research Institute for Study and Mediation) building exterior:

• Imposing concrete pyramid design
• Glass-capped summit
• Architecture reflecting its evolution from Psion fortress to government research facility

Looking Ahead

Focus remains on:

• Completing Scene 5's final shots, music, and sound effects
• Interior PRISM facility development (incredibly difficult and large-scale!)
• Further education and refinement of the Eevee workflow

Fast render times open up exciting new doors - imagine seeing these characters come alive through animation!

Don't forget to check out the progress on the Trello progress board.