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ShiveringCactus
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May 18, 2026
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Tutorial: Star Trek TNG warp stars

  • May 18, 2026
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I always struggled to figure out how the VFX team on Star Trek: The Next Generation created the warp stars effect for the series.  It was in 1987, and CG was still in its infancy.  When I was researching for my VFX History video on the show, I discovered that this effect was actually created by John Knoll using slit scan.  And so, for my other VFX History video on that technique, I figured out how to recreate the look of the warp stars using CC Particle World, precomps  and the Echo effect.
 

 

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    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 18, 2026

    That looks cool! Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

    Looking forward to seeing more.


    Thanks,

    Nishu