Scene integration
Input water effects into the scene
The light was too dark to illuminate the ripple shapes, so I changed the layout of the lights to show the water better. A long, thin beam of light was shone parallel to the ground on the water, and the overall light was lowered.
The blue colour is the effect of the light shining on the surface of the water. The ripples on the surface of the water cannot be seen until the light is applied.
Place the particle effects that surround the brain into the scene.
The special effects team created the particle effects and I composited the effects into the 3D scene, changing the material of the brain in this shot and relocating the lighting to achieve a better look.
When importing the particles for the first time, I imported the particles directly into the finished scene file in maya format. Some problems arose: for example, the particles were missing and did not show up when rendering.
The top circle is the particles and the bottom are some line like particles, made by the vfx team member.
Several different decals were created for the brain, realistic human brain texture, and metallic texture. The metallic texture allows the structure itself to be reflected in dim light through the faintest of light, giving a better picture.
How to batch link textures to a new file after changing the file location?
As the laptop does not import particle files properly. I ended up using the school’s desktop computer. I tried to import the scene file into the particle file, which would result in the loss of the texture material.
The mapping of scenes containing normals, basic colours, depths, reflections etc. is a very efficient way to save a lot of time by specifying them in bulk and to avoid specifying the wrong mapping.
Open the path to windows→General Editors→Files Path Editor, click Browse, then click Repath to show that all mapping has been reassigned.
Assignment Submission Requirements
• A work in progress film. (3-5 min).
• A final rendered moving image of the work produced in a film format.
• A Hero Image for the project.
• Sketches, images as well as written analyses and reflections.