TECHNICAL PAPER.

Creating a High Dynamic Range Imagery Set Up Technical Paper by emfoster17

CD | CD CASE ARTWORK.

Here is the artwork for my CD and case. I decided to just stick a still of one of my scenes on the CD because I think it speaks for itself. I made a border and lowered the opacity so that I could put my name and details on there otherwise it all sank into the colour and wasn't very easy to read.

Photographs Edited

I have finished Photoshopping my tracking markers out of the photographs and have straightened them all up using the rulers in Photoshop. This is how they look now. I have a couple that are really similar so I may choose between them instead of using both.

HDR Complete

It's been a bit crazy trying to sort this out but with Alan's help I can now say it is ready to be used in maya!

Merging all of the previous photoshopped photographs in Photoshop using the tool, merge to HDR Pro gave this result which you can adjust.

Alan then tried it out in Maya for me using image based lighting and the only issue seemed to be the seam of the globe which I will have to be careful with due to not wanting reflections to catch the seam in them.

Unwrapped Chrome Ball Photographs Photoshopped

I have now photoshopped myself and the distortion out of my photographs and am ready to put them together into a final HDR image. I have tried following a couple of tutorials to create one in Photoshop but have found that I don't end up with the result I should have so I will have to talk to Alan about this.

Chrome Ball Photographs Unwrapped

Now that I'm all set to start bringing everything into maya I needed to arrange my chrome ball photograph into a HDR image. An important step is unwrapping the images in HDR Shop but before this can be done the images must be cropped in photoshop so that only the chrome ball reflection is showing. (See below)

I have now unwrapped my photographs, the next step is to photoshop myself out and fix the edges of the images.

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Garden Topography Finalised

Finally after a few hiccups and worries I have worked out how my Futurists' garden will be organised! I took 3 stills in after effects of one of my pieces of footage and worked on top of them in Photoshop to lay everything out. Obviously for different pieces of footage everything will be seen at different views but this will help me place everything in the correct sections.

Please note that the colours for the ground such as the paths are not final, I am working on Futurist patterned pieces to place here instead. These are just placeholders, as well as the outline drawings for sculptures, lights ect.

Garden Layout Finalised

As I take my footage into photoshop to work on top of and figure out where things work best before tracking and placing it all in maya I decided I needed to pick from the possible layouts/area plans I had drawn up last week. I felt this was needed to give me the push and confidence to experiment with object placements otherwise I'm just starting from a blank canvas with no idea where to stop. I have picked the layout/areas below out of all of the ones I designed because I felt it had an end point with the shady area. These tourists have been on an experience journeying through the garden until they reach an area which everyone enjoys when they go away somewhere. Somewhere to rest and enjoy the atmosphere. I thought this was appropriate after the area of noise machines because it allows them to take it in properly.

I also think this zig-zag layout with triangles being the basis is a good fit for a Futurist layout. It has no symmetry, instead it is completely asymmetrical and hectic which I think fits Futurism and it's chaos!

Garden Segments/Areas

In order to plan where to place my garden objects in relation to my footage I have divided the courtyard into sections for different garden activities, something gardens are normally broken up into.

For my Futurists' garden there are to be 5 key areas...

• A Main Focus
• A Very Energetic and Noisy Area
• A Sculptural Area
• An Interactive Area
• An Eating, Shaded Area

Using these 5 areas I had to plan where each went, gardens have journeys of  a beginning, middle and end, and anticipation, tension and release are key points to the journey's feelings. These ideas have led to me placing the areas in particular places in the courtyard.

Lights Variations

Thinking about displays of lights in my garden I thought it would be useful to work out ways they could work, especially in relation to those which could be kinetic alongside plain ones. I created a little coded chart of different variations of lights that could possibly fit into my garden.

Garden Lights Thumbnails

These are my thumbnail ideas for possible lights for my Futurist's garden. They range from small easily placed ones, free standing tall ones to wall and hanging variations.

Plant Raised Bed Thumbnails

To add height and interest to my garden I have designed some raised flower beds. These can't be just regular cuboids or circles, they need to have diagonals and movement to them.

Plant Pot Thumbnails

I've been working on some thumbnails for other parts of the garden now that the sculptures are getting there. Plant pots are key for those plants which are more like little flowers than trees or those which will be hung up in pots like hanging baskets. It would be great to hear opinions on what designs people think are working best.