Scale Model Archviz animation [Update: bottom page1)

kwistenbiebel · 28 Aug 2008, 16:37

In Sketchup, you open the Fry 'environment' panel and you get to assign a HDR image.
I needed to do some test renders to see how the HDR background would match the model realistically (offset and rotation values). That part was trial and error.Actually the background wasn't a real HDR but a plain 8 bit image used as lighting+background.

marked001 · 28 Aug 2008, 17:13

no no...sorry, i wasnt clear.. i meant the animation portion..

kwistenbiebel · 28 Aug 2008, 19:22

To render the animation, I open the 'Fry render settings' panel in Sketchup, click on 'full animation' and hit the render button. Is that what you mean?

Frederik · 28 Aug 2008, 19:54

Excellent animation, Chris...!! I really like it a lot..!!

I assume that Jason is asking about what application you've used to assemble the video/animation...?!
You already told you've used VirtualDub to assemble the jpeg's Fry is generating, but you also seem to have used a video editor app. to add some effects...
(Going from BW to color etc...)

Well - I'm only guessing... <--- genuine wink

JuanV.Soler · 28 Aug 2008, 20:10

you know what kwistenbiebel,
why dont you cut off the four walls, THE ROOM that trapp your model
And Let IT FLY ¡¡¡¡
AND lAND IN A MEDITERRANEAN BEACH
and then, once landed, make a new animation in that opened blue sun light sea and see what happens ?

marked001 · 31 Aug 2008, 19:35

@kwistenbiebel said:

To render the animation, I open the 'Fry render settings' panel in Sketchup, click on 'full animation' and hit the render button. Is that what you mean?

haha..yes, this is exactly what i meant... thought maybe there was something more complex about it.. haha..

JuanV.Soler · 1 Sept 2008, 05:55

thankyou kwistenbiebel
cheers

kwistenbiebel · 1 Sept 2008, 08:39

Thanks guys

@juanv.soler said:

you know what kwistenbiebel,
why dont you cut off the four walls, THE ROOM that trapp your model
And Let IT FLY ¡¡¡¡
AND lAND IN A MEDITERRANEAN BEACH
and then, once landed, make a new animation in that opened blue sun light sea and see what happens ?

Not exactly what you had in mind, but I did give it a completely different setting in this video:
http://www.vimeo.com/1642220
[flash=640,480:24cgpi5a]http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1642220&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1[/flash:24cgpi5a]

(youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9HOCsym20&fmt=18)

Rellora · 2 Sept 2008, 10:46

Excellent rendering! Must have taken you a long time to do it.

kevsterman · 2 Sept 2008, 12:24

Just great Kwist. Whats the music from your latest render, the nature scene?

kwistenbiebel · 2 Sept 2008, 13:30

Thanks.
The song is 'You Don't Know' by Milo

princedragoncok · 2 Sept 2008, 15:16

Fantastic once again. Interesting the way you change the shadows during the animation.. is it merely a matter of changing the sun position when creating each new scene tab? And a somewhat off topic, but is it possible to scale the size of the HDRI background or is it only possible to scale the model to suit the HDRI? Thanks for the great animations

JuanV.Soler · 2 Sept 2008, 17:48

now,
Kwistenbiebel, the last match for you,
could it be possible you include in the setting of this video a view of the sea ? wherever you like it ?
)
and including a double pass_through the house ?
thanks

kwistenbiebel · 2 Sept 2008, 18:10

I am afraid positioning a HDR is a bit of trial and error as it is not done WYSIWYG.
But its better than moving your model , as it screws up the views (scene tabs) you already prepared.

rufy · 3 Sept 2008, 09:05

awsom

pcsalgado · 17 Sept 2008, 15:25

fantastic work!!!!!
but, i'm loosing my mind trying to congigure HDRI in my images!!! i get the correct illumination but the backgroung looks terrible.. is there any topic here where i can get directions on how to configure this???????
thks guys!

rombout · 18 Sept 2008, 20:00

It looks like he used tree models and scaled them really big. If you look really good you can see the HDRi true the branches. It think thats why he has this fantastic shade over his model? but im just a newby letting my imagination loose on it

solo · 18 Sept 2008, 20:18

I am not familiar with the software you used for the animation render however, did you use an alpha shadow map, actual 3d mesh or just HDR image? The reason is the shadows, with a HDR you would not get the shadows moving as if the sun was behind it so there must have been some 3d trees involved or a shadow map right?

kwistenbiebel · 18 Sept 2008, 20:24

it's HDRI + clipmapped trees

rombout · 18 Sept 2008, 20:25

Could be Kerkythea with trees scaled very big lowered beneath the surface which gives the shadows. the shades also move over the subject