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3D Computer Modeling
APCG 330 Spring 2007

Daniel Schmittou

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Daniel Schmittou		Desk Scene



	Destroyed solitude


	Inspiration I wanted to try and create a situation that appeared bleak, yet at the same time have a few of the objects in the scene give. So I set out developing a backdrop for this scene. I ended up choosing a war torn/deserted cityscape. I wanted to see how well I could make the scene looked old and destroyed. I knew this would require good modeling and texturing to pull off the realism.

Objects	Broken building	Dan
	Box crate	Dan
	Wood slats	Dan
	Lantern	Dan
	Paper	Dan
	Pencil	Dan
	Artillery shell	Dan
	Rubble 1	Dan
	Rubble 2	Dan
	Rebar	Dan
	Brick building	Dan
	Bricks	Dan
	Terrain	Dan
	Back wall	Dan
	Candle	Dan

Textures	Lantern	Lightwave materials then tweaked
	Terrain	Lightwave materials then tweaked
	Rebar	Lightwave materials then tweaked
	All other textures were created using photographs I took, and digital painting in Photoshop. Each texture was composed of approx. 5 images to create the final composite image.
	Background/HDR probe:	http://www.spectralogue.com/ textures/ showimage.php?type=l&id=2780


	Problems and Solutions I spent a lot of time setting up rendering and lighting. I wanted a daylight effect, giving everything a GI look. This took a lot of time because I used Radiosity. I had two main light sources, an area light, and an HDR light probe. It was hard to get the lighting correct when I tried to adjust both at once. I finally started working with one until I got the correct look, then worked on the other. I knew the scene would benefit a great deal from DOF, but Lightwave’s DOF tool isn’t that robust and very slow for not much pay off. After many-failed test renders I finally found a tool called Digital Confusion, which turns out to be a much better way to achieve DOF. The other nice thing about it is It’s included right in Lightwave. The only other thing that took a long time (as I expected) was texturing. I found that allotting a certain amount of time per texture helped a lot. Otherwise you can spend forever-tweaking textures.

Time Frame	Developing idea:	~2 hours
	Rough object placement:	~2 hours
	Modeling main objects:	~6 hours
	Modeling aux objects:	~3 hours
	Creating textures:	~12 hours
	Lighting/camera placement:	~4 hours
	Rendering final image:	~3 hours
	Postproduction work:	~1 hour
	Saving final image:	priceless


	References 3dtotal.com newtek.com book lightwave [8]

2007 Spring

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Applied Computer Graphics (APCG) - The Synergy of Art and Technology
including : Computer Animation, Video Game Design, 3-D Modeling, Texturing, Concept Art, Special Effects, Graphic Art, Storyboarding, Game Programming, Video Editing, Content Creation, Entertainment Production, and more

Applied Computer Graphics Program
California State University, Chico
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