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Spy323 · 03-09-2005, 02:21 PM

I hope you enjoy it. :attn:

odeone · 04-09-2005, 03:59 AM

Thats pretty cool. Well done.

bullet_evader · 04-09-2005, 09:10 AM

hehe, looks nice. too bad, the shadows are so sharp. it would look nice if you gave them some softer edges.

did you do the motionblur in photoshop or with lightwave?

Spy323 · 04-09-2005, 11:13 AM

Thanks,
i will try to soft the shadows.

The motion blur is made with photoshop.

Spy323 · 04-09-2005, 11:51 AM

Here

I also fix the bug under the car.

Mark · 04-09-2005, 05:49 PM

If you can, I'd try and see if you can get the motion blur to bunt up to the dog/car a little more since the sudden sharpness of the ground and the wall behind these elements detracts from the image.

Spy323 · 05-09-2005, 02:05 PM

Like this ?

TheFreak · 05-09-2005, 03:02 PM

It is a nice image but i think the blur is causing more problems that it fixes.

You have two options that I see for the motion blur that might help here.

Do the blur in LW :- From what I can see the look you are going for is the blurred background. This gives the impression that the camera is following the car/dog. To get this affect in LW you could set the scene up and parent the camera to the car. Then animate the car and dog at the same speed so the background moves and causes the blur. This should also affect the shadows etc correctly. The only downside to this is LW's motion blur is not great.

Do the blur in PS :- It looks like you are just lassoing the bits you want to blur and then applying a motion blur. Technically there is nothing wrong with this but it can be a little hard to get close to all the bits you want to blur and you get sharp edges mixed with blurred edges and it looks a little odd. So what I would suggest here is to render in 2 passes. First render the Background then render the dog and car etc with an alpha layer. Then open these up in PS and using the layers you can easily blur the BG while not affecting the car and dog etc.

I am no expert in this but I hope that helps you out in some way.

BTW nice use of Morphi

Jonny's books are very good and its nice to see other people using them.

Cheers

Spy323 · 05-09-2005, 05:07 PM

I shall try,

concerning Morphi, it is a wonderful book for those want to learn high level character's modeling. For the dog i was inspired by the simplymaya's free tute Cartoon Dog : http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=87

There are great tute on the other simply sites.

Spy323 · 06-09-2005, 04:46 PM

Sorry,

It doesn't work. :headbang:

I've tried with photoshop but the alpha layer shows only the difference between the sky and the other things.

NoStr0m0 · 06-09-2005, 07:47 PM

I think TheFreak wanted you to render the car with the two aliens and the dog and save the image, but also save the alpha layer, then, using Photoshop magic, Blur everithing except what si masked by the Alpha layer.
I don't exactly know how it's done ( been a bit lazy with Photoshop

) but it sould work...

Good luck! :attn:

Spy323 · 07-09-2005, 02:49 PM

I tried to search but i don't know how to do that in PS. Is there anyone that know that ?

:bow:

04-09-2005, 09:10 AM	#3
bullet_evader Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: the netherlands Posts: 798	hehe, looks nice. too bad, the shadows are so sharp. it would look nice if you gave them some softer edges. did you do the motionblur in photoshop or with lightwave? __________________ Check out my homepage sometimes the few have to give their lives for the many!!!

06-09-2005, 07:47 PM	#11
NoStr0m0 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Somewhere... in 3D space Posts: 153	I think TheFreak wanted you to render the car with the two aliens and the dog and save the image, but also save the alpha layer, then, using Photoshop magic, Blur everithing except what si masked by the Alpha layer. I don't exactly know how it's done ( been a bit lazy with Photoshop ) but it sould work... Good luck! :attn: __________________ " ...'till the world burned!"

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04-09-2005, 03:59 AM	#2
odeone Full Access Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 109	Thats pretty cool. Well done.

04-09-2005, 11:13 AM	#4
Spy323 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lausanne,Switzerland Posts: 61	Thanks, i will try to soft the shadows. The motion blur is made with photoshop.

04-09-2005, 05:49 PM	#6
Mark Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sunbury, UK Posts: 2,339	If you can, I'd try and see if you can get the motion blur to bunt up to the dog/car a little more since the sudden sharpness of the ground and the wall behind these elements detracts from the image.

05-09-2005, 03:02 PM	#8
TheFreak Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2	It is a nice image but i think the blur is causing more problems that it fixes. You have two options that I see for the motion blur that might help here. Do the blur in LW :- From what I can see the look you are going for is the blurred background. This gives the impression that the camera is following the car/dog. To get this affect in LW you could set the scene up and parent the camera to the car. Then animate the car and dog at the same speed so the background moves and causes the blur. This should also affect the shadows etc correctly. The only downside to this is LW's motion blur is not great. Do the blur in PS :- It looks like you are just lassoing the bits you want to blur and then applying a motion blur. Technically there is nothing wrong with this but it can be a little hard to get close to all the bits you want to blur and you get sharp edges mixed with blurred edges and it looks a little odd. So what I would suggest here is to render in 2 passes. First render the Background then render the dog and car etc with an alpha layer. Then open these up in PS and using the layers you can easily blur the BG while not affecting the car and dog etc. I am no expert in this but I hope that helps you out in some way. BTW nice use of Morphi Jonny's books are very good and its nice to see other people using them. Cheers

05-09-2005, 05:07 PM	#9
Spy323 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lausanne,Switzerland Posts: 61	I shall try, concerning Morphi, it is a wonderful book for those want to learn high level character's modeling. For the dog i was inspired by the simplymaya's free tute Cartoon Dog : http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=87 There are great tute on the other simply sites.

06-09-2005, 04:46 PM	#10
Spy323 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lausanne,Switzerland Posts: 61	Sorry, It doesn't work. :headbang: I've tried with photoshop but the alpha layer shows only the difference between the sky and the other things.

07-09-2005, 02:49 PM	#12
Spy323 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lausanne,Switzerland Posts: 61	I tried to search but i don't know how to do that in PS. Is there anyone that know that ? :bow: