texture - references

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/239779/239779,1248841344,42/stock-photo-stone-floor-texture-34423987.jpg

http://www.filterforge.com/filters/1957.jpg

http://www.designyourway.net/diverse/woodtexture/Wood_Texture_by_xNickixstoc.jpg

Editing - video creation - Premier Pro

Open premier pro - select new project

Select project settings (view settings)

Select decoder presets - 720p 30fps

Enter work area - import

Select folder containing frames - select first frames - tick numbered stills (will stitch together all still images in sequential number sequence

Drag down from left to video - zoom in if necessary

Render work area

Wait for scene to be processed to run smoothly

Test view

Export media

Select codex method etc to produce video file to test view

Editing and stitching together of different videos and scenes and adding effects all done in group. This is blog to show understandings of premier pro

Effects can be added by dragging to work area on top of video clip or highlighting video clip and adding to effects work area - editing settings

Videos can be joined by adding to work area and placing directly after or even overlapping etc

Rendering - notes

Rendering involves producing final images or videos to produce you r work at its finished quality
Rendering can involve many different methods
Render testing as referred to in blog involves rendering single frame of working viewport to check appearance
Thousands of settings and adjustments can be made

used multiple render tests to adjust lights in scenes to achieve desired results

Involved adjust colour and brightness to make sure lights fitted purpose

detailed setting changes for final render sequences

Quality not only needs to be considered for appear but for production time aswell
Guildhall sequence single frame required 1hr 20mins
for single images this is exceptable however for animations this can delay projects exponetially

Mental ray render - all medium settings (default)
No final gather - global illumination has been turned on and both are not required
Both indirect illumination processors and will simply repeat each other (slightly differently)

Set in render window to render camera (use padlock symbol to lock to this)
active time segment

1280 x 720 pixel ratio

Save file path - save as targa frames - to be join together in premier pro
                          if rendering as video file has to be completed in single session - frames can be rendered individually across a network or at different time - if computer fails only lose current frame not whole file

Selecting active time segment will render entire frame sample shown in work area - shrink and increase size via Ctrl + alt right click on timeline to extend shrink end time - ctrl + alt left click on timeline to extend shrink start of timeline

Texturing - road texture

Obtain asphalt texture

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/242/6/4/road_texture_by_sleepybluekitty-d2xnzwu.jpg

Import into photoshop

Add white boxes to new layer

Tuen outside boxes yellow

Change layer to difference (for realistic blending) add slight blur to strip edges

Use as bitmap (collapsed)

Apply to road section

Adjust size to gain required road appearance

Modelling - interior - details - light switch + remote

Use connect to add geometry to wall where light switch will be

use camera view to check positioning and six (can either be done precisely now , or quickly adjusted at a later date if required)

Select polygon - detach as clone (as to not remove original)

Extrude polygon forward

Apply bevel to obtain shown results

Add geometry via connect to add vertical lines

On bottom and top inner polygons - highlight - inset - extrude inwards as shown

Apply more geometry via conect

aim is to create geometry to allow for two vertical slits to be made (boxes via extrude polygon inwards)

Apply chamfer to slits

Create cylinder (in isolation mode)

2 cap segments

Editable poly

Highlight inside segment - loop selection - same for opposite side

Scale up (2 axis only) to push out nearer edge

Remove 3 polygons to create gap as shown

Bridge and cap to not leave any gaps but leave indentation

Attempted to apply turbo smooth but did not suite design

Exit isolation mode and place in position - copy geometry to other slit

Highlight inside of indentations on light switch box + then afterwards separately on circular switch

When geometry is highlighted scroll down to material ID change to unused number for both switches and switch box

Create to materials one self glowing blue - other dark metal - put material sub object into slate editor - connect materials up - on first material (dark metal) leave as standard - on second (sub) material (blue glow) change number to fit with previous polygon material ID change

Apply material to light switches + box

Render to test (apply lens effect to material as before)

Time saving method used in this scenario - copy blue glow material from lamps material - use same material id as glowing lamps - lens effect already in scene will automatically be applied to same material id - hence glow already know to have correct settings and will work

Although not clearly shown in screen shot - animation is applied to light switch to rotate to lower indentation

Over same time main light intensity is animated to gradually lower with switch

In animation projector is planned to be turned of and screen retracts

This needs to be seen as happening realistically not randomly

Create box - place on table - position as required

Enter isolation mode - create same indentations as on light switch - apply same material ID as glow on light switch

Create cylinder place top left button position - highlight side polygons - change material ID to glow material same as light switch

Tools - array - 2 dimensions 3x8

Preview and accept if correct

Delete cylinders as required to only leave ones required to create pattern

Apply same material to all components same as light switch

Animate buttons by simply lowering into remote