chuchu's HUD test

(really short-17frames)

final comp:

Long-time-no-post and lighting reboot

a rendering test shows that the shadows of the scene is not accurate. All the shadows are generated by some rough modelling of the ceiling and pillars with a directional light. It does not account for shadow of the trees.

Therefore this time I try to generate a more accurate shadow by using the clip. With a lot of trial and errors (spend a whole day solving small problems) and finally get things done. Here are the basic ideas:

1. a texture is rendered out on the ground plane based on the back plate.

2. Extract the shadow inside NUKE

3. Map the B&W texture onto the ground

4. Render out the shadow using a orthographic camera. Need to match the direction of the camera with the directional light.

5. Map the above texture onto the opacity channel of the texture of a plane ( need to match the size of the plane with the camera size) which is put between the light and the scene.

6. more accurate shadows of the trees!

Texture and Test animation with texture