Integrating 3D models with photography
Interested in integrating your 3D work with the real world? This might help
#
1
22-10-2008
, 08:39 AM
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2008
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Posts: 1,162
help my houses!
Can anyone point out ways i could improve what ive got, and anything else I could do to make a final image more closely resembling the one I'm trying to copy. Im really pretty embarassed of my image, i'd like to produce something that looks at least a little more half way professional. I dont know if my issues are in the texturing, or the lighting, or more the post production side of things? probably a little bit(alot) of each.
#
2
22-10-2008
, 08:40 AM
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2008
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Posts: 1,162
#
3
22-10-2008
, 08:44 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Posts: 1,318
#
4
22-10-2008
, 08:46 AM
The Nurb Herd
Join Date: Oct 2007
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: London
Posts: 2,381
The image you are working from is 3d!
you could try switching to mental ray, and use physical sun and sky under the enviroment options at the bottom of the mental ray render options. if you do this you should dsable default lighting. (this is near the bottom of the common render settings),
...but before all that, do you have a bump map on the model? and have you beveled the edges of the buildings? they look kinda sharp. (maybe thats just the anti-aliasing)
#
5
22-10-2008
, 09:04 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: IL
Posts: 738
*Sky dome + lighting / physical sun and sky or something
*Texture the street
*Create glass material for windows (reflections + specularity)
*Improve texture for roofs
*Windows on roofs and on first floor aren't accurate. so is that thing above the doors(sorry, forgot how it's called)
*Model the gates
*Create grass (paint effects probably)
Nice start overall
Benny
When in doubt, delete history and freeze transformations.
My latest snake game
(Requires DirectX9 SDK and Framework)
#
6
22-10-2008
, 09:34 AM
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2008
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Posts: 1,162
Ive wondered for a while how to add an image as a background, like a sky, or something, so i will look into all this. Every point sounds good.
thankyou
#
7
22-10-2008
, 11:19 AM
Level 32 pachyderm
Join Date: Dec 2007
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: England
Posts: 1,859
#
8
22-10-2008
, 12:04 PM
Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2006
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: South FL
Posts: 3,522
#
9
22-10-2008
, 12:17 PM
Moderator
Join Date: May 2005
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Manchester Uk
Posts: 6,300
"No pressure, no diamonds" Thomas Carlyle
#
10
22-10-2008
, 04:02 PM
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2008
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Posts: 1,162
GecT, I wanted to get something that had more of a professional feel. In 'replicating' the picture, i mean more in the overall quality of the render, i see what you're saying about missing details in the brickwork, the depth of the houses e.t.c. The roofs are also taller in the picture im working from and the proportion of the window roofs to the rest of the roof is severely different. I will be trying to remodel some of the parts though, and ive hit some problem with my textures now so i'll be redoing some of them. gonna call it a day for today.
will post updates over the next few days. I feel up for it now, got some good issues to get to grips with..
#
11
22-10-2008
, 11:00 PM
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: IL
Posts: 738
Anyway, look for some more tweaking of that one - horizon height, blur etc. (stuff I've seen in Maya's help. take a look there...)
Also, the render quality is good enough for test renders but you're going to have to raise it later...
Benny
When in doubt, delete history and freeze transformations.
My latest snake game
(Requires DirectX9 SDK and Framework)
#
12
23-10-2008
, 01:35 AM
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Posts: 1,541
also please do increase your anti-aliasing quality... seeing the jaggies on the roof and front fence are kinda distracting.
otherwise, in order to attempt to duplicate the image you saw you'll need a lower camera angle, a different background color, and brighter and warmer colored lighting. that should be enough for starters.
Accept no substitutions.
Posting Rules Forum Rules
Similar Threads
First project: Animated short movie (getting started)
by Peligroso in forum Work In Progress replies 17 on 12-12-2008
Im building houses, Please help me
by thickoninja in forum Maya Modeling replies 3 on 24-07-2008
greek houses
by pothead in forum Finished Work replies 2 on 23-02-2008
Maya 2008 Impressions!
by Jr.Who in forum Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge replies 104 on 14-10-2007
Oblivion mod looking for 3D Modellers
by Razorwing in forum Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge replies 4 on 14-10-2007
Topics
New tutorial - Create tileable textures from photos. Photoshop to Alchemist to Maya 2
By David
Site News & Announcements
3
Free Courses
Full Courses
VFX News
How computer animation was used 30 years ago to make a Roger Rabbit short
On 2022-07-18 14:30:13
Sneak peek at Houdini 19.5
On 2022-07-18 14:17:59
VFX Breakdown The Man Who Fell To Earth
On 2022-07-15 13:14:36
Resident Evil - Teaser Trailer
On 2022-05-13 13:52:25
New cloud modeling nodes for Bifrost
On 2022-05-02 20:24:13
MPC Showreel 2022
On 2022-04-13 16:02:13