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APCG 330 Spring 2007
Steve Beyers
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Steve Beyers Final Scene
   
   
   
 The Golden Gate 
Inspiration
 
This scene is of a bridge modeled  like the golden gate bridge.  The beauty of  the San Francisco bridge is best seen at dusk when the lights are turned on and the bridge lights up.  The location of the shot is above and in the middle of the bridge giving  the viewer a feeling  that they are in a helicopter flying by the golden gate bridge.

  
ObjectsSeascapeSteve Beyers
 MountainsSteve Beyers
 BridgeSteve Beyers
TexturesSeascapeProcedural
 MountainsPresets
 BridgePresets
Problems and Solutions

Setting up the shot- When I tried to move the camera to get a good angle the sea was not large enough to be seen in the whole shot.  I had to triple the size of the ocean to fit all the objects in one shot.
 
Lighting- The lighting on the bridge was not lighting up the bridge enough because of the bright sunlight making a silhouette of the bridge.  I turned up the intensity of the lights to 300% and turned off the other objects that were being lit up by them.
Time FrameSeascape3
 Mountains1
 Bridge10
 Lighting3
 Camera2
 Total19 hours
References

Class tutorials website http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~ranger/ 2007_Spring/ 3D_Computer_Modeling/Tutorials.html
Tutorials for water textures:  Jordan Nassie, Brandon Coomes
Tutorial for modeling:  Veasna Sok, Gary Angela