Comments on: Roy’s Odyssey: CG Goldfish http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/ An insider's look at the world of low-budget visual effects. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:22:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ringmaster http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-8 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-8 Your project sounds familiar. I had to put a lil 3D-goldfish into a real fishtank and a plastic bag for one of my student projects too :)<BR/><BR/>But i like your ideas. You really should try to get as much information from the set as possible. I forgot a few things once, but will never make those mistakes again ;)<BR/><BR/>First thing that came to my mind, concering the bowl and its reflections, was that you could use the HDRI-image/footage and a bowl (redone in 3D) to render only the reflections from the front of the bowl and layer that over the 3D-fishie later. Dunno if that would work well or if the green card in the bowl would work better. (Maybe a little bit off-topic, but imagineersystems' monet software seems to be a good job of replacing those green cards with other images but keeping the reflections. So the green-card-idea might work out well after all). I guess you don't...but if you have the time - just test it beforehand.<BR/>I hope my explanation made some sense :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Chris Your project sounds familiar. I had to put a lil 3D-goldfish into a real fishtank and a plastic bag for one of my student projects too :)

But i like your ideas. You really should try to get as much information from the set as possible. I forgot a few things once, but will never make those mistakes again ;)

First thing that came to my mind, concering the bowl and its reflections, was that you could use the HDRI-image/footage and a bowl (redone in 3D) to render only the reflections from the front of the bowl and layer that over the 3D-fishie later. Dunno if that would work well or if the green card in the bowl would work better. (Maybe a little bit off-topic, but imagineersystems’ monet software seems to be a good job of replacing those green cards with other images but keeping the reflections. So the green-card-idea might work out well after all). I guess you don’t…but if you have the time - just test it beforehand.
I hope my explanation made some sense :)

Chris

]]> by: Hugh Macdonald http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-9 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-9 Yup - I see what you're getting at....<BR/><BR/>I've never used Monet - maybe I should take a look at it.... I'd imagine, though, that I'd just be able to chroma-key the detail off the edge of the bowl... Either that, or, using a black card, screen it over again... Yup - I see what you’re getting at….

I’ve never used Monet - maybe I should take a look at it…. I’d imagine, though, that I’d just be able to chroma-key the detail off the edge of the bowl… Either that, or, using a black card, screen it over again…

]]> by: ringmaster http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-10 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.brokenpipefilms.com/unframedvfx/2005/03/roys-odyssey-cg-goldfish/#comment-10 monet was just an example. Dunno if it would work with the bent bowl-surface.<br />But i guess one of the two - green card or rendered reflection - will work monet was just an example. Dunno if it would work with the bent bowl-surface.
But i guess one of the two - green card or rendered reflection - will work

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