Future So Bright... by theSea
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... I have to wear shades"
Hi - thanks for stopping in again.
"Future So Bright..." has been in the works for a while in various configurations and incarnations.. finally it is done.
DAZ|Studio render - compositing and post work in Photoshop CS3.
Lighting: Light Dome Pro Medium resolution was rendered in multiple passes. Ambient lighting provided by Pendragon's environment light and a Dosch HDR file I got with 3d-World.
A note on Pendragon's environment light - if you're just using IBL and AO (not ILT): for final renders you should drop the "Irradiance Shadingrate" value to something less than 16 (preferably 1 or 2) and the "Irradiance MaxError" to 0.5 - this will cut artifacting with only a slight increase in render time.
Lights were rendered in seperate passes - the IBL AO pass took about 4 hours, the sky dome pass with 36 lights took 32 hours to render, the Sunlight with raytraced shadows took 4 hours to render and the reflection pass of the skydome took 2 hours. A LOT of that render time was the reflection / refraction on the car windows.
I also rendered a pass with Dreamlight's Mood master which was composited in screen mode to provide some haze and as a layer mask for a brightness/contrast adjustment layer. This gave the heavy atmospheric effect.
The whole thing was assembled in photoshop, with multiple copies of the various lighting passes in 'screen' and 'multiply' mode to give a lot of contrast between the sunlit area and the shade.
Also in the scene are Victoria 3 with catsuit and Sci Fi textures and Stonemason's "Urban Future" -- all from DAZ and Uzilight's awsome car avaiable at RDNA. In the scene but not clearly visible are several Dystopia city blocks from the fourth set, which are in the reflections, make up the the street and cast the shadows to the left and right of the frame.
I am so glad the odyssey is finally over with this one... it's been plaguing me for a year :)
As always constructive criticism and hints for improvememnt are most welcome and many thanks to the folks at DAZ Artist Guild for the support and encouragment.
Comments (26)
tedevansesq
Cool image. Very nice work!
Naoo
2 times HOT!!!
ragouc
Nice composition. Cool lighting and reflection. Well done.
lorddarkwolf
Fantastic scene! great idea, still a personal fav song from the 80's
Cimaira
OMGoodness, I bow to you, not only for your skill, but your patience, I would have never had the patience(lets not even mention skills) to do this render. It is wonderful, the reflections and shadows ...well, I'm just at a loss for words, its amazing, and I'll stop babbling now, lol. need I say great job?!!
Antonio57
Superbe rendu c'est magnifique!!!!!!!!!
Daramski
Very cool, excellent composition and render
ontar1
Fantastic scene, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
akulla
Nice lighting, DS really getting up there.
nucks
Awww love the scene - beautiful babe, and the reflections off the car paint are sweet!
shotgung0d
Great work here Michael. Thanks for the helpful info on the lighting. Like Cim-Kim mentioned above, I too bow to your patience.
robin123
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr nice errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmm car you got there LOL Superb work love the lighting n pose all put together well
amirapsp
Stunning work as always...Hugs
mhossack
Outstanding image!
lethalliam
Wow she awesome, love the outfit and car . Great scene too. :)
Larion
Nice work!
Akhbour
Great skil and idea, not to talk about patience! (I hope you have at least two computers!) One thing that strikes me with all your images is your way of lightning, I have rarely met someone with your way of "seeing" the light. A great piece of work and vision Michael! Peter
DreamRage
Perfect, my friend ! What can I say..haven`t seen a better reflection work in images so far ! Render On !
swjkie100
Fantastic! I agree, perfect! I'm at a loss for more words ^_^
Star4mation
Superb light and reflection work!!! Ace image :)
Topaz_Rose
This is superb
evoluzione33
Super lighting and reflections... Great image and a sure FAV! Also, I really liked how you framed this one out, the border really works for this image... so few borders often do... Superb!
juddzgrrrl
O.O wow!!!! everything about this image is freaking amazing!!! the reflections on the car are awe-inspiring!!!
RundwulfWolfShield
SPEECHLESS!
Amethst25
I can't believe this hasn't gotten more response. It's absolutely amazing and I am with Cim and Shotgung0d and bowing to your patience. I had a image render up to 24 hours and only at 49% when I shut it down. Your work amazes me every time you post!
sylki
Absolutely brilliant!!! Your patience is truly amazing!!!!:-) The lighting is fantastic as is the composition in this work of art!!!