Amazing job! I'm buying a license tomorrow! No joke. Any idea on how far away hair/fur/Strands support is?
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Tim Crowson <[email protected] > wrote: > We were fortunate to be able to work on an ad for Chick-Fil-A recently, > rendered in Redshift. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZow-3nCl0k > > > *Client:* Chick-Fil-A/Radiate Films > *Director:* Ben Smallbone > *Art Director:* Joel Gibbs > *3D:* Tim Crowson > *Comp:* Joel Gibbs/Don Culwell > > The concept was simple: have a camera move through a room as it changes > decor to reflect a different decade from the 1960s up through the present > day. We technically had 2 weeks from start to finish, but in reality we > wound up with a much tighter schedule. We certainly didn't have time to > model what we needed, so we bought some commercial models, retextured and > reshaded them, and lit the scenes. In the end I was able to get each decade > accounted for in about one work day each. Spent a couple of hours in the > morning gathering and prepping the assets, then blocking in the lighting > and shading, then rest of the day tweaking, and finally off to render. Joel > and Don then took it and comped it in After Effects. > > - The 3-bounce cap was raised right as I started lighting this, and I was > so thankful! I used 8 bounces on this job and it really helped, especially > in the 70s set, with all the orange spill everywhere. > > - The shag carpet in the 70s set is not hair. It's just a single dense rug > instanced around the room. > > - Rendered using IPC + BF. The longest frames were for the 70s and took > maybe 12-15min on our fastest machines. Other shots were closer to the 5-6 > min mark. > > - The 80s set was tough! Have you ever tried to actually define the 80s in > terms of style? It's a mess! We all have ideas about it, but when it comes > time to actually produce something that says '80s', and you have like a day > to do it, it's not easy. Stupid 80s! In the end, we had a couple of > different directions to go in, and just picked one. > > > -- > > > > > *Tim Crowson **Lead CG Artist* > > > *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, > TN 37214 > *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com > [email protected] > > *Confidentiality Notice: This email, including attachments, is > confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original > intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error please > inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage > mechanism. Magnetic Dreams, Inc cannot accept liability for any statements > made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of > Magnetic Dreams, Inc or one of its agents.* > > >
