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Moody & Creepy Machinima Makes SL’s Wastelands Look Like Borderlands

On first glance you might think this decidedly creepy machinima was shot in the hit Borderlands videogame franchise, but it was actually shot in The Wastelands, the massive and long-running post-apocalyptic (and incredibly quirky) community in Second Life. (Which has a gritty look inspired in part by Borderlands.) That's because creator Jackson Redstar ran it through a post-processing program which gave SL the cel-shaded aesthetic that Borderlands is famous for:


Wastelands SL Cel Shaded Borderlands

"[Through] DaVinci Resolve, studio edition," he tells me. "Well it is only available in the studio (paid) version." Looks like that'll cost you $299, but isn't that a small price to pay to make your world look like another world?

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3 responses to “Moody & Creepy Machinima Makes SL’s Wastelands Look Like Borderlands”

  1. Alicia Avatar
    Alicia

    As someone who took Cartooning for a year at SVA, the Machinima looks more like an inked water painting than what the actual Borderlands has for comic book aesthetics. Basically, what I see in the video is a muddled-looking background that has no middle or foreground to help boost the overall scenery that’s in Borderlands. This is especially noticeable in the photo above as everything has, almost literally, the exact same line weight. Most times, not even the avi in the video stands out as he’s literally muddled into the scenery.
    If you’re trying to recreate something, you need to have the right balance and level of detail or it’s going to miss the mark. Unfortunately, this does miss the mark as there is nothing to separate the avi from any portion of the scenery.

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  2. Adeon Writer Avatar
    Adeon Writer

    Give us custom shaders, Linden. The game can already do it by replacing text files like this. Just give. Us. the feature.
    Why has it been a decade now?

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  3. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    The article and the points made here are both really good. https://xactivator.net/passmark-osforensics-professional/

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