how masters do this ?

[anvaraziz]

friends,

i have one doubt regarding flyaround animations for exteriors,, regarding environment.

for animations , how u guys used to merge sky with landscape at a far distance...?

 

here r some frames from one test im doing, i need to give a good landscape after those blocks and merge it with sky at a far distance.

 

 

im looking for this kind of look LINK

 

pls give me some advices regarding this,,,,,,,,,

 

thanks in advance....

[Christopher Nichols]

In features this is usually done with a pan and tile system of a matt painting.

[DennisHolland]

There was an article about landscaping for anims recently. Check the Groundwiz website (google or http://www.gugila.com). You must use a plug to achive the endless horizon look otherwise your anim will be quite huge (polygon-wise)....

 

If you want to do an anim that only goes up and move around a bit (instead of going the full 360gr) then you can use a city/forrest backsplash like I did in my promo here check the vid on the homepage.

 

Regards,

Dennis

[anvaraziz]

In features this is usually done with a pan and tile system of a matt painting.

 

can u pls explain that work flow...

[anvaraziz]

Dennis - Groundwiz look good, let me give a try...

 

here is the vid that im testing..

http://www.mukks.com/others/TEST.avi (1MB divx)

[DennisHolland]

That is a cool clip Anvar!

 

First thought; i'd say start the first 30 fr. slower and pump you speed quite some to the end. I like the movement, real smooth...

 

For this clip you could use a bowl and a citytexture but then you got to have some luck and a few tests...

 

Good luck, post your wip's

Dennis

[anvaraziz]

thanks dennis,,, ill keep postin wip.. now im doing some test with Groundwiz, its good for a hill type background,,,

[Christopher Nichols]

can u pls explain that work flow...

 

Someone paints a background (sometimes based on a photograph) the camera is imported in the compositing package (that needs to support 3d cameras)... it is fairly involved and usually involves a very talented matt painter like on the ones listed here:

 

http://www.mattepainting.org/index.php?categoryid=13&p16_sectionid=2

 

Then you will need to composit it in a way that is simlar to the way Rob shows you here:

 

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/rne02.html

[anvaraziz]

thanks chris,

 

but for archvis, using packages like nuke and all... ?, any way ill give a try with AE using some good images insted of mattepainting,, im soo poor in Painting,,,,

 

 

while searching i got a cool article regarding blending landscapes and horizon.

 

here is the link

 

but i didnt understand wht he says for the second option...

[jonel]

try put some blured opacity map on the ground plane. This should give you a nice gradient between the ground and sky/background map.

[Hao La]

matte painting is the best choice

[anvaraziz]

jonel -

thanks buddy,by using opacity maps never worked for me,, i tried that too,, but its not giving depth,.

[jonel]

for depth, i would use z-depth pass (or fake with fallof map, fog, whatever suites) for masking the white solid layer above rendered image (with GI, like the first example).

[anvaraziz]

hey that Z depth stuff looks so cool... thanks jonel.

 

its great to add fog on depth... thats a cool idea...