Forum: Carrara

Subject: And now for something completely different!

sfdex opened this issue on Dec 30, 2004 ยท 8 posts

sfdex posted Thu, 30 December 2004 at 5:09 PM

Hi, all --

I'm a fortunate soul who gets to play with Carrara at work as well as at home. This is a virtual set that I'm building for a series I produce for the California Courts system. We change the look of the set every year, and this year our anchor really wants the show to look like a warm, morning broadcast. So, lots of glass, sheer curtains, blond woodtones. I'll be keying the anchor behind a practical desk in front of the semi-circular desk in this image. The big blue blocks on the brick wall behind will be filled with graphics illustrating whatever story the anchor is giving or introducing. I've been using a virtual set for two years on this show, and it seems to work well. If you have any suggestions for this set, I'm always happy to hear them!

Thanks and happy new year to everyone!

Dex

sfdex posted Fri, 31 December 2004 at 12:44 AM

And here's an image from this year's set. That's our anchor; she'd been complaining about having to stand in '04's set.... Carrara at work! I really love this software.

rendererer posted Fri, 31 December 2004 at 5:56 AM

Neat project. My only suggestion would be to adjust the color of the leaves on those plants - they're kind of nuclear at the moment.

sailor_ed posted Fri, 31 December 2004 at 6:36 AM

Not even the sets are real?! Another shred of my innocence evaporates! ;-) But its very cool!

MarkBremmer posted Fri, 31 December 2004 at 11:28 AM

Nice Dex! You know, philosopher Renee Descartes would suggest nothing is real unless it's so determined by the individual. Maybe my entire existence is waiting to be ended by a software crash!





thomllama posted Fri, 31 December 2004 at 8:07 PM

can i have your job? please





Hexagon, Carrara, Sculptris, and recently Sketchup. 


bluetone posted Sat, 01 January 2005 at 6:48 PM

Looks great dex! What a hard assignment... 'play with your 3D software until something comes out looking great.' ;)

sfdex posted Wed, 05 January 2005 at 10:19 AM

Thanks for the comments, folks! Yeah, I have the best job -- I get to play with Carrara, go out and shoot video all over California, design graphics, and work with cool people people....

I tried playing a bit with the shader for the plants, and was able to tone down the color of the leaves, but I've seen folks posting trees from the tree generator (where this was made) that look much better -- is there some formula to leaf shaders I should know about?

As for what's real and what's not, I'm more of a practical joker than a philosopher. If I can fool my viewers into believing that they're seeing a real location when we really shoot it in a 10 x 14 foot studio, I'm a happy man!

By the way, we will be using a real desk for the real people who will appear in the show. These CGI people are just so my colleagues can see what the shots will look like when composited.