Terminator 2 Diary - Back In More Detail



	In this exclusive section we will follow the development of Artisan Entertainment’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day Special Edition.” In irregular updates we will keep you informed whenever new developments occur and new information becomes available, so make sure to check by frequently to keep up with the latest development on this highly anticipated title.
				by Guido Henkel July 6, 2000


	ll in all, it took Van Ling and Jonathan Banta about 6 weeks to create and complete the menus for the first side of the DVD and another 6 weeks for those on the second side using tools like Electric Image and Adobe After Effects to do the job; once the

visuals of the menus were done, video editor Lauryl Duplechan added sound effects and music to the motion menus on Ling's Avid system before it was all laid off digitally for encoding by WAMO. "Like on the previous discs, it was just the three of us doing round-the-clock renders on multiple Macintoshes -- and I was also working on all of the supplement materials for the DVD at the same time! It was exhausting, but it was a blast."












				Here is a look at how one of the menu screens came together. First an intricate wireframe model is created that is then textured, lit and rendered out. In postproduction steps the text and buttons are then layered on top of the final image.


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