mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 These are images of the kitchen for a condominium. This is part of an animation for the entire unit. http://www.cgarchitect.com/forum/filepush.asp?file=A_69_C08.jpg http://www.cgarchitect.com/forum/filepush.asp?file=A_69_Kit03.jpg http://www.cgarchitect.com/forum/filepush.asp?file=A_69_Kit02.jpg Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Probably not the best idea posting on a Saturday, but I should be updating these with other images soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 Sorry, missed a step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 Okay, now I am stumped. Can somebody please tell me how to do this correctly?? I've searched the site (and the code) but seem to be missing the crucial step. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 you owe me a pint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 A pint it is, but you have to explain how you did it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 I just clicked on the button then pasted the URL in. Make sure you delete the http:// already in the text box if your URL already contains that, otherwise you get http://http://blah.jpg Harp Lager please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 Ah, good choice! One of my personal favorites. That was pretty simple (!). Now, if only I could figure out all those crazy little smiles with beer mugs! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 no worries your images look flat lighting wise. what is the render time per frame. You should attenuate your lights more and/or put some negative multiplier lights in places to suck some light out of the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 I'll try the negative lighting in the corners and farther from the windows. I was trying to light things evenly so that I would not have too much too worry about while animating. The camera will pass through the entire unit, from front to back, then break up into individual cameras for the bedrooms. Time per frame is pretty high. I am doing my testing on my 933 PIII (with 512mb ram), but I'll be using my dual 2.2 for the animations. It goes from about 5 minutes per frame to about 30-40 seconds (that's from previous testing, anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelafi Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 hi there. try to lose the courtains they look flat and tiled try makind them with nurbs, also the material of the kitchen looks strange, is it metal or a pale grey color, place some reflection on the material to make more similar to metal texture. about the lighting of the space u should try some attenuation to make it look more realistic. and your cabinets doors are going to need some handles. keep the good work. cheers ps. u should try CORONA beer one of my country's finest products. saludos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 Yeah, I know that material looks horrible on the stove (assuming that's the one you're talking about). I was hoping to avoid any raytracing on it, as this is a long animation. I'll work on a compromise soon. The curtains are changing. The cabinets have pulls at the bottoms of the doors, making handles not necessary. Thanks for the comments. I should have images of most of the rooms by this weekend (after completing the 1000th color/furniture change :-| ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard McCarthy Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 yeh, I agree with Kid that lighting is a bit flat. Not enough contrast in the pictures. Maybe taking to photoshop and touch it up? Also texture and colour might need a little work on. The colour balance doesn't seem quite right.. -RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Thanks for the feedback. I'll be working on the lighting and some of the materials. Can't go into PS because this is a still from an animation. I will need to get things as good as possible before the final renderings (as an animation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Can't go into PS because this is a still from an animation. you could record your image tweaking as an action then batch process all the frames using that action. This wouldn't take long at all, just enough time for a coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoron13 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Originally posted by kid: quote:Can't go into PS because this is a still from an animation. you could record your image tweaking as an action then batch process all the frames using that action. This wouldn't take long at all, just enough time for a coffee. ok, you totally lost me on that one. Can you explain this process to us beginners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 you could record your image tweaking as an action then batch process all the frames using that action. This wouldn't take long at all, just enough time for a coffee.Sure, coffee in another town. I use that technique and it can take a second or even several to open each frame, run the action, and re-save. Multiplied be a minute or two of animation and it can take a while. I often can get raytrace rendering times down to less than ten seconds per frame, so the PS action isn't so fast in comparison. It depends on WHAT you want to do, also, since there are certain adjustment like levels and hue/saturation that can be applied in either After Effects or Premiere, so you are better off doing those there if that's all it needs. But sometimes you just have to use Photoshop. What you do is record an action. You would start with a dummy copy of one of your frames. You start a new action (name it) and hit the record button. Do everything you need to--levels, replace color, filters, etc, just avoid any selections that must look at the individual image--like magicwand. When done, close the image accepting the overwrite, and then click the 'stop' button on actions. For more indepth info on actions you will need to read the help files. To run the action, you exit any open PS images and select files>automate>batch, find the action you saved, tell it what folder to operate on (it will run the action on EVERY file in that folder, and subs if you have subs checked) and where to save the result/or overwrite if the same folder. Hit go, and head out for the cofee we promised you. Now, if you are going to use actions to process animation frames, you need to know that it will either OVERWRITE your frames, or need to be sent to a new folder. Either way, you need to be keenly aware of having a backup copy of the frames, and also the hit in harddrive space you will take. You should be rendering the frames to an uncompressed format--tiff is best, so expect each frame to be .75MB - 1 MB. So a few minutes of animation can hit several Gig. Plan for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nisus Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Check out the help files or book references on 'creating actions' or 'batch processing' rgds nisus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard McCarthy Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 If you have access to After Effect it would be a breeze to do all that. Just drag your segment of your render animation in, and goto filter->Brightness and contrast or colour control. Originally posted by mbr: Can't go into PS because this is a still from an animation. I will need to get things as good as possible before the final renderings (as an animation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Originally posted by Richard McCarthy: If you have access to After Effect it would be a breeze to do all that. Just drag your segment of your render animation in, and goto filter->Brightness and contrast or colour control. quote:Originally posted by mbr: Can't go into PS because this is a still from an animation. I will need to get things as good as possible before the final renderings (as an animation). ...you should be able to do this in amy video compositing/editing software with ease. another option would be to use quicktime pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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