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its about making the proper image, a very empty room with one chair or even without that can look beautiful if you set it properly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Solution: [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Make sharp edges different color” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n in some objects the edges are darker-Wet-dirty Solution: [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”There is no pure material” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n even a mirror or a window on a building which reflects the sky, there is either a building,tree,glare, something on its reflection or window has some stain on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n although you can use this to make unique and special scenes which blow people mind by its beauty. its rare to see clean environments but if you use everything properly you can make something special.<\/p>\n DONT OVER DO IT. you don’t want an ugly dirty world. just some stains and particles here and there.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Dont make it too Dirty” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n Dirt is good as it adds details to your scene but beauty is in clean environment, those dirt that makes your scene looks better are not dirt anymore they are decoration and makeup and part of its beauty. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Post Process is important” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n no matter how much you add detail to your models and materials and no matter how much you make the lighting looks good you still need post processing.<\/p>\n Solution:” [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Reflection can make a different use fake reflection” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n you don’t always need to have the real physical reflection sometimes beauty asks for fake reflections. cause other than that your model doesn’t look the way it should be. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”physical correct” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n if you want things to look as real as possible you should consider physic, in light and material as well as your models:<\/p>\n Solution: [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Bump and normal” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n consider your model first, does it even need a sharp or detailed\u00a0normal map !?<\/p>\n add 3 layer normal map. 1.shape of object 2.base texture 3.small details that are only visible when getting really close to surface and don’t forget about parallax occlusion mapping, its amazing<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Dont make it too real” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n what I mean is don’t rely too much on what you see in real world.<\/p>\n realistic is good but that’s not always what viewer wants, make it artistically beautiful. a little like in photography, it is real but the colors, lightings,reflections and many other things will change . areas: in reality a scene is beautiful but it has some part that usually can be better. another example: in that Japanese garden photo with beautiful house and architecture and a fine static weather, everything may look good in your picture,why should the player walk in that exact environment. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Make better color” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n limiting you color is one way to have nice coloring in the scene.<\/p>\n in some scenes you are not the one who decide about colors there should be an specific way, like an street from reality, in those scene you can use post processing to shift colors to an specific style. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Color base on subject” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n like in that scene in Devdas, that they sing about that drink “Madeira” you can also use the relative colors. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Use Vignette” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n but dont use it too much, nothing can make people say WOW like a Vidid scene where every thing is clearly\/perfectly visible to you eye (clarity)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”seperate Background and subject” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n this can be done by: [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”blury object close to camera” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n when showing something in a far distance try to having some blurry object close to camera specially when camera is passing by them (moving horizontally) it can be even large objects like columns<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”Give them unexpected” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n -give unexpected to your viewers. in all aspecs (here on visual): +++ this is what I meant at the top of page where I said you may not understand some part, its even hard for me to understand \u00a0what I was meant by that ! +++<\/em><\/p>\n what gives that feeling in you like you are dreaming or make you feel like this day of your life is different, “you are not just seeing what you always saw” you are having a new experience , this is the core of videogame and entertainment. Morteza Ahmadi -give viewers a memory from past: -give them the future<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text background_layout=”dark” text_orientation=”left” admin_label=”people pay attention to one thing at time” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off”]<\/p>\n people are only paying attention to one thing at a time. 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\nin Mentalray use Mia_RoundCorner
\nin Vray Use Vray Round Edge Attributes > VRay > RoundEdges<\/strong> <\/span>
\nin UnreaEngine Use a Proper NormalMap made with Xnormal or substance<\/p>\n\n
Set sharp Edges\u00a0to a different color:<\/h4>\n
\nand in some objects the edges are white or lost their color, (like some type of Rocks ,metals or plastic)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nin Vray Use Vray “DirtTexture” with “InvertNormal” chack
\nin UnrealEngine you can use a pixelnormalWS with RGB and some Power and multiply node to limit the dark envoronment (not so clean but good for now)
\nor you can use a Height Lerp with the assistant of your normal map and chose the corners
\nor just make an specific map for corners and areas where they had lost their colors<\/p>\n\n
in most cases There is no Pure Material or texture (pure clean)<\/h4>\n
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Don’t make your model too dirty<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nso use dirt-scratches-decals as long as it doesn’t make your model lose its shape or clarity.<\/p>\n\n
Don’t Forget that its not just “model-material-light”, Post Processing can also make a Huge difference:<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nIn pre-render use After Affect’s “Fishcult LensCare” + “TrapcodeSuit” + “OpticalFlare” + “MagicBulletLook (redGiant colorSuit)”
\nSome renderers has build in post procesing system “e.g Arion and NOX”
\nIn UnrealEngine use PostProcess Volume + PostProcess Material.<\/p>\n\n
Reflections can make the look of the model pretty different.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nin photography we add some large soft box around or on top of the objects to add those nice white reflections and we only capture a single view, but in video games those large soft boxes may not always work as you will walk around the scene and in some engines, only visible objects can be in reflections which makes it impossible to use light as reflection tool, in these cases use a cube map as reflection.
\nbefore using this technique make sure you game as well as that object is okay with fake reflection!
\ndon’t go and add those fake reflection to a large table in middle of room which makes it obvious that this reflection has nothing to do with this scene, use it for small objects like pods, glass, cups, vase,…<\/p>\n\n
Physical Accurate:<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nin pre-Rendered:<\/strong> use physical base Renderers like Arion, Maxwell, Arnold which are physical based,
\nin unreal :<\/strong> unreal is physically based so you are good to go, just use proper color and specular values.<\/p>\n\n
Bumps and normal Maps can make the object look a lot more realstic , specially the detail level, those small sharp bumps and hols (e.g on concrete and cement).<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nuse height Lerp to make the top or inside of holes and scratches a different color.<\/p>\n\n
Don’t Make It Too\u00a0Real:<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nand don’t forget you are in computer you are not limited to anything you can make the most unbelievable environment ever existed.<\/p>\n
\ne.g. a Japanese or Chinese environment, in reality everything is fine but some one has make the wall dirty or during time a piece of a column has got fallen,I don’t need to make those if its not making it beautiful, when they first created that building everything use to be clean and fine and it was even more beautiful.<\/p>\n
\nyou are in CG world you are the one who decide all the elements, isn’t it better if there is a wind and a lot of blossoms are flying in the air and some are movingsliding on the Ground and stairs maybe a tiny tornado like wind rises the fallen blossoms from the ground. isn’t it better if a rambling rose or an ivy was growing from beside of this column or wall and covers it. or event some plants with tiny flower grows from inside of that wall’s crack. water, rain,snow, seasons they can be change in a way that make your scene beautiful and a master peace.<\/p>\n\n
always put a little more time on your scene to match colors and make a better harmony .<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nremember the Movies! those movies without any Post Processing and Those professional ones from Hollywood..<\/p>\n\n
match scene color with subject!<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nthe whole scene (atleast the start point) is kinda base on the color of that Drink and its Bottle<\/p>\n
\ne.g. if you want to match it with a wine , you can also use the color of the grapes<\/p>\n\n
use vignette, specially if you want the viewers to look more at the center of view<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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try to separate Background from subject.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nDOF (which in some case it also needs a little color correction)
\nLighting and shadow
\nColors
\ndepth of scene when camera is moving<\/p>\n\n
there are different situations that can give you success and you should consider them when making a scene:<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\na single part surface made out of :
\nconcrete and iron
\nconcrete and silver
\nconcrete and wood.
\nconcrete and water
\nwood and water.
\nconcrete and milk
\niron and milk .
\njewels and ….<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n( i though i should give my self an extra credit for that nice Sentence \ud83d\ude42 , no !! you didn’t enjoy it! \ud83d\ude41 okay forget it, continue reading)<\/p>\n
\nsomething that they might enjoy or be interested in but now they don’t see it anymore. it depends on the age of audience\/viewer.
\ne.g (a casete tape and Walkman for our generation or\u00a0those old bicycles)<\/p>\n
\nif you make them focus on one thing, they wont pay attention to other things around.<\/p>\n
\nspend less time on things that doesn’t matter and make them look at important thing,
\nmake as much changes to my scene as I need to make it look good in the moment without player noticing.<\/p>\n\n
Remember: its true that GOD is the best artist in the world but that photo that you took and want to recreate it<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n2. that photo is actually perfect in its own way but god didn’t plan that scene for your story or scenario.
\n3. you cant just randomly go to a place take a photo and say “well this is the best photo, god created this so don’t expect me to make anything more beautiful than this one!”
\nin most cases a scene can look 180^ different in one hour and just by changes in the lighting not to mention weather and season changes.
\n4. don’t bother your self with “God is created it this way so i should make it this way”, he has his own reason to make it look like that you have your own reason to make it look different, (e.g. when god created that landscape he didn’t wanted to guide the player to an specific direction !!)
\n5. many part of the nature is modified by humans, so god knows how to make this world so beautiful that you wanna faint but that architect who made that ugly building at the back sure don’t know how to make a good looking building. but you do! so feel free to remove or modify any errors that you see.
\n6. Consider Time, cause that’s how god is working, you are walking somewhere and it looks good but maybe god has a plan for future generation to make it look better or maybe that dry landscape that you are looking at, well that used to be a lake some years ago. (consider that: ruins were once a nice building, buildings are turning into ruins, plants are growing or dying, cliffs and rocks are moving,..)
\n7. think artistic first and then look at nature and ask god for help.<\/p>\n\n
see how GOD is making the changes in our world to make the environments look different and beautiful and learn from them.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\ndifferent shapes of clouds. different places that they have in the sky. (in photography sometimes you have a very nice composition and framing with buildings, trees or mountains but you still move to another location because there is an specific cloud in the scene that can really make your photo beautiful or you waiting for hours for it to change. in CG world you don’t need to move camera, just move that cloud.
\nlighting of the clouds, thickness of clouds, the empty spaces , rain bow, birds,\u00a0color of sky, color of clouds , the size of sun, lens flare and glares.<\/p>\nBy: Morteza Ahmadi<\/h2>\n