Editing Prometheus (Stargate) (section)

===CGI models and exterior===

The ''Prometheus'' ship model was created entirely as a [[Computer-generated imagery|computer generated image]] by the visual effects studio [[Image Engine]], with the studio basing their work on Robbin's drawings. [[Rainmaker Digital Effects]] also worked on various shots of the ship over the course of the show.<ref name="tsw q&a">{{Cite web |last=Woloshyn |first=Bruce |date=27 February 2006 |title=Bruce Woloshyn answers fan questions |url=https://www.stargate-project.de/bruce-woloshyn-beantwortet-fan-fragen-6 |website=stargate-project.de |language=German}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Woloshyn |first=Bruce |date=3 December 2005 |title=Bruce Woloshyn interview |url=http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/bruce_woloshyn_01.htm |website=The Scifi World |interviewer=Gilles Nuytens}}</ref><ref name="dtg james robbins" /> Many of the visual effects shots were designed to be reused throughout the show as a money-saving effort.<ref name="prometheus commentary 7">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Woeste |first=Peter |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Peter Woeste |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=38:20 |quote=We'll see more of this ship, the Prometheus. It was designed to be seen throughout a number of episodes, in fact a number of visual effect shots were designed to be reused in some of the subsequent episodes.}}</ref> This included the shots such as [[Frank Simmons (Stargate)|Frank Simmons]] ([[John DeLancie]]) being blown out of an [[airlock]] in the episode "[[Prometheus (Stargate SG-1)|Prometheus]]", which would later be altered for the episode "[[Memento (Stargate SG-1)|Memento]]", replacing Simmons with the hyperdrive core module.<ref name="memento commentary 7">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Memento (Stargate SG-1)|Memento]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=DeLuise |first=Peter |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Peter DeLuise |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=9:23 |quote=This is a shot that was stolen. That used to be Frank Simmons flying out the airlock. The exact same shot, expect Frank Simmons has been replaced with the core. |last2=Kindler |first2=Damian |author-link2=Damian Kindler}}</ref> Shots of the ''Prometheus'' flying by or landing on different planets were also altered and reused in episodes such as "Memento" and "Beachhead".<ref name="memento commentary 9">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Memento (Stargate SG-1)|Memento]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Kindler |first=Damian |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |author-link=Damian Kindler |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=13:21 |quote=We stole so many shots; the effects people did such an amazing job of taking previously used Prometheus shots and redoing them so they look completely fresh.}}</ref><ref name="beachhead commentary">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Beachhead (Stargate SG-1)|Beachhead]]" |date=5 February 2007 |last=Savela |first=Mark |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=18:10 |quote=Another stock shot. A stock effected shot as we had to change the planet and put our blue forcefield in there. Prometheus looks really good throughout this episode. That's Image Engine for you. |last2=Rorick |first2=James}}</ref><ref name="full alert commentary 2">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Full Alert (Stargate SG-1)|Full Alert]]" |date=27 February 2006 |last=Mullie |first=Paul |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=33:10 |quote=This was a stolen shot that visual effect shot, in fact it's actually a shot from another episode where the Prometheus is actually flying away from the camera. We reversed it and put the overlay of the window of the cargo ship, or in this case it's an Alkesh over that shot and reversed it. |last2=Mikita |first2=Andy}}</ref>

Outside of the bridge set a [[greenscreen]] was hung allowing for visual effect shots to be added, however as a cost-saving alternative to a star field visual effect production could swap the greenscreen for a black curtain that had small pieces of mirror attached, which when lit gave the effect of a star field.<ref name="memento directors series" /><ref name="unnatural selection commentary 3">{{Cite AV media |title="[[Unnatural Selection (Stargate SG-1)|Unnatural Selection]]" |date=2 February 2004 |last=Mikta |first=Andy |type=[[audio commentary|DVD commentary]] |language=en |publisher=[[MGM Home Entertainment]] |series=''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' |minutes=3:27 |quote=Outside the window, as you can see right now, there's basically a big black cloth with little pieces of glass mirror attached to it which we call a star-field that's just hanging from a pipe grid off the ceiling of the stage. Along that same grid we also have a green-screen which will go right in place of that star-field whenever there's a visual effect out the window. A good, inexpensive alternative to having a vis effect out the window just by having that star-field.}}</ref> The multi-purpose room window also featured a window and greenscreen which would be used for shots of the ship's engine core.<ref name="Bridget McGuire 1" />

In season six through eight the ship had two pods, or [[nacelle]]s on either side. Onscreen and in Robbin's original drawings these were intended to be a form of propulsion.<ref name="master rep model 2">{{cite web |title=Stargate's Prometheus Model Lands November 17 |url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2023/10/stargate-prometheus-model-lands-november-10/ |website=Gateworld |date=30 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="dtg robbins prom 1"/> In season nine, these were reconceived as hanger bays from which the F-302 could launch.<ref name="master rep model 2"/>