No iconic movie villains or anything here (still laughing about Trevor's Vader;
probably because I /was/ that kid back in the 70s), but I finally got the
texturing finished and all the scene elements in place.

I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.

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On 03/23/2011 11:55 PM, Robert McGregor wrote:
> No iconic movie villains or anything here (still laughing about Trevor's Vader;
> probably because I /was/ that kid back in the 70s), but I finally got the
> texturing finished and all the scene elements in place.

you guys are having WAY too much fun with this ... your character 
addition works well also

>
> I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.

It doesn't look /that/ bad ... maybe if the flare at the 6 o'clock 
position was behind his arm it might sell better ... dunno

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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> schreef in bericht 
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> No iconic movie villains or anything here (still laughing about Trevor's 
> Vader;
> probably because I /was/ that kid back in the 70s), but I finally got the
> texturing finished and all the scene elements in place.
>
> I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.
>

Ha ha ha!!

There is a timing movement problem however. The liquid has hardly reached 
the kid and already he has reacted. Normally, there should be the lapsed 
seconds between the hit and the reaction... Aw! who cares? I like this a lot

About flares... I am going to show here very soon what I am working on for 
the TC-RTC. With a question about flares. Yours looks good though, but I 
confess that it is a difficult thing to get really right.

Thomas

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Am 24.03.2011 04:17, schrieb Jim Holsenback:

>> I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.
>
> It doesn't look /that/ bad ... maybe if the flare at the 6 o'clock
> position was behind his arm it might sell better ... dunno

Lens flare occurs at the camera lens (hence the name :-P), so it is 
never hidden by any in-scene objects.

Same goes for most halos, unless they are caused by media around the 
light source.

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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> wrote:
> No iconic movie villains or anything here (still laughing about Trevor's Vader;
> probably because I /was/ that kid back in the 70s), but I finally got the
> texturing finished and all the scene elements in place.
>
> I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.
>
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> www.McGregorFineArt.com

Looking pretty good.  I like the POV shirt you've added in.

-tgq

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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> wrote:
> No iconic movie villains or anything here (still laughing about Trevor's Vader;
> probably because I /was/ that kid back in the 70s), but I finally got the
> texturing finished and all the scene elements in place.
>
> I'm not sure about the cheesy lens flare, but here's my latest WIP.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> www.McGregorFineArt.com

I have been looking at your back lighting on the chairs and was thinking at
first it was un-realistic and makes it seem like the projector is mis-aimed.
But I've been trying to find some reference images, which has been very
difficult.

One of a couple I found:
http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/42-16491143.html

It does seem like there should be some backlight, though it's hard to tell how
much from this angle.  I'll have to see if I maybe need to incres it a bit in
mine.

-tgq

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"Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I have been looking at your back lighting on the chairs and was thinking at
> first it was un-realistic and makes it seem like the projector is mis-aimed.
> But I've been trying to find some reference images, which has been very
> difficult.
>
> One of a couple I found:
> http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/42-16491143.html
>
> It does seem like there should be some backlight, though it's hard to tell how
> much from this angle.  I'll have to see if I maybe need to incres it a bit in
> mine.
>
> -tgq

Heh, that's the same photo I used to reference the backlighting yesterday.

I wasn't really trying to be physically accurate; I didn't even have a light
back there before, just an emissive projector lens. So for the backlighting I
placed a small area light in front of the lens, in a light group with the chairs
and kids, and tried various intensities until I thought it popped enough
(artistic license and all that).

I'm making a few more tweaks including: better clothing textures, the
"projection" of the "movie" in the window glass (thanks Edouard), dialed down
lens flare, and a slightly emissive aoi cone to simulate a bit of projector beam
(although you can't see much of it from my camera angle). I'll post an updated
(final?) shot later today.

Cheers,
Rob
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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Ha ha ha!!
>
> There is a timing movement problem however. The liquid has hardly reached
> the kid and already he has reacted. Normally, there should be the lapsed
> seconds between the hit and the reaction... Aw! who cares? I like this a lot

Thanks Thomas :)
I'm guessing that either the kid heard someone behind him during a quiet moment,
or is psychic...

Here's what I'm thinking will be the final render - any critiques or criticisms
before I post to the challenge??

Thanks!
Rob

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Excellent!

Thomas

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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Excellent!

Thanks Thomas :)

Maybe it's too dark, maybe too bright - hard to say for sure :(

After many hours of tweaking and monitor calibrations and looking at it on other
people's non-calibrated monitors, etc., I've decided this will have to do as the
final shot.

Regardless, now I can get back to my TC-RTC photography image, I still have a
couple of weeks!

Cheers,
Rob

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