[Cloudman]

Hi All

Here're a couple of tests for a "lifestyle" shot of a new digital radio we've designed for Revo. I'm more used to studio shots so this is a bit of a departure for me. The books are from Model+Model.....they have some really nice props. I've run these tests through Aperture to give them a more film-like quality (to dirty them up a bit and look less CGI).

I think the perspective shot needs an emitter on the right to add a little detail. There will be a colour screen image applied to the final images. Comments would be welcome.

[rusteberg]

put a geometry divot where those anchor points are in concrete wall beyond.

[dariolanza]

Hi Cloudman,

Finally how did you managed to use the Model+Model objects? Via 3DSMax?

About the renders: I'm finding the lighting not very natural, too frontal and too intense (the bright areas of the wall are going fast to white).

I would work on the lighting now, providing a more global illumination look, rather than this one-point-light look, that looks a bit CG.

Related to this, I find the dark sides of the radio (in the first render the side and bottom faces) too black, with no detail, glossiness or reflections.

I think that working on the lighting, you will also get some nice detail there.

Anyway, very good job.

Cheers!

Dario Lanza

[Cloudman]

Agree....it's lacking detail at the moment. Also agree that the lighting is a bit too studio like.....I'll look at some global illumination solutions.

The guy at Model+Model was very helpful and did the translation for me through 3DSMax.

[Bubbaloo]

The books are aligned too perfectly straight.