Hmmm, after a little tweaking in post, I dunno if I like it over the original render.  This looks fine when moving (its like a piece of washed out video)...  As a still, hmmm...

DFX (Digital Fusion - click here for the site) is probably too expensive in that case (I think its MORE then After Effects ).

Yeh, I prefer the redder sky - Maybe I just run the colour correction over the other elements and leave the sky untouched.  I might try that tonight and see how it looks.  I think the foreground looks more natural because its not as black.  There's a little washed-out feel to it that feels more natural.

I might also darken back the missile smoke.  I made it whiter since they actually had a missile launch on TV the other night and the wife told me off for making the smoke black (when the real thing was white).  Thank goodness I have an honest critique-expert in the house...

I'll see if I can attach the animation here in the forum (I'm sure I have loads of bandwidth on this hosting service (I don't think its limited, but I probably don't want to push it just to find out! )

I'll go and crunch it down then add it to the next reply (if it will let me).

Looking good, you have that video camera style down pact.

I feel it needs a little haze or pink light fill on the rocket to tie it all together. But that could be just my personal preference seeing as I have been playing with atmospheres in vue a lot.

Either way good show ol' chap.

Nice Kev, yeah the redder one for sure. The QT clip is not the red one is it? In your pic of the two its looks like the lighting on the rocket is different. Looking at the video clip you uploaded the rocket seen to stand out more than it should, but in your pic of the redder one it looks better. So what i’m trying to say , is I think the rocket looks too sharp, to clean for the video footage (photo) you have it in. It’s more noticeable at the end of the video when you zoon in. So pretty much what ArmouredBear said. Rocket just stands out a bit.