Fantastic "virtual" drummer!

Hi all,

3D animation has come a long way. This time somebody has animated drumming great Neil Peart from the progressive rockband pioneer Rush. Neil's drumming is legendary. This animation takes his playing to a whole "new" level! :)

Quote from creator Bobby Standridge:

On a technical note, the video was created with 3D Studio Max R3 and hand
keyframed using a video reference of me air-drumming along to the song. Being an
older version of the software, the inverse kinematics tended to bog down after a
few hundred frames, so I had to break the video down into many (un)manageable
pieces. Adobe's Photoshop CS and Premiere Pro played key roles during the
compositing and authoring phases.

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Blessings,
GuitarTalk

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