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Title: Matte style image
Post by: moodflow on September 26, 2007, 06:48:02 PM
I put this one together today (while rendering) using about 5 different photographs I took of different things.  Getting each element to blend properly was the difficult part.  The beach and city were shot during mid-day, so blending them with a sunset - what a job, but fun! 

I set a "few hour" limit.  I like the simple and fast type of stuff.

I hope you like it.
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: sjefen on September 26, 2007, 08:36:30 PM
I like it very much. Beautiful colours. Great job
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Post by: dhavalmistry on September 26, 2007, 09:39:27 PM
is this matte painting??
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: moodflow on September 26, 2007, 11:15:09 PM
Quote from: dhavalmistry on September 26, 2007, 09:39:27 PM
is this matte painting??

Pretty much and I plan on using TGTP stuff too.  Keep in mind, you can also combine TGTP images in the same way for amazing results.
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Post by: old_blaggard on September 26, 2007, 11:23:58 PM
Very nice work!  Everything here is blended exceptionally well.
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Post by: Oshyan on September 26, 2007, 11:27:39 PM
More like a photo composite, but it's cool and well done regardless.

- Oshyan
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Post by: rcallicotte on September 27, 2007, 08:37:45 AM
As I said on Renderosity, cool.
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Post by: N810 on September 27, 2007, 03:01:16 PM
You never cease to amaze me....  :o
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Post by: inkydigit on September 28, 2007, 07:15:37 AM
very nice work!!
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Post by: Seth on September 28, 2007, 02:24:49 PM
nice ! didn't see anything like this before...
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: chefc on September 29, 2007, 09:27:39 AM
Quote from: moodflow on September 26, 2007, 06:48:02 PM
I put this one together today (while rendering) using about 5 different photographs I took of different things.  Getting each element to blend properly was the difficult part.  The beach and city were shot during mid-day, so blending them with a sunset - what a job, but fun! 

I set a "few hour" limit.  I like the simple and fast type of stuff.

I hope you like it.

A few hour limit  Great results  Was this done w/ Photoshop
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: moodflow on October 01, 2007, 12:31:14 PM
yes, 100% photoshop.  Thanks for the compliments everyone.   8)
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: N810 on July 01, 2009, 04:36:22 PM
Awesome work Moodflow.  :o
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Post by: Henry Blewer on July 01, 2009, 05:21:35 PM
This compositing routine would make adding water/shores easier. T2 does a good job with water, but I've yet to come close to decent waves breaking onto a shore. I'll get there....
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: moodflow on July 03, 2009, 03:15:36 PM
Quote from: njeneb on July 01, 2009, 05:21:35 PM
This compositing routine would make adding water/shores easier. T2 does a good job with water, but I've yet to come close to decent waves breaking onto a shore. I'll get there....

Yea, most definitely.  I've been working with composing super high res photos of shoreline and sand directly into a TG2 image.  I'll see if I can post a sample shortly.  I've been taking some time off from rendering to refresh my mind... I just starting making new image compositions, and hoping to combine them with renders. 
Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: moodflow on July 03, 2009, 03:19:50 PM
Here is a "warm up" image composition I created in a couple of hours, using two images I downloaded off of stock xchange and a few other photos I took myself, and a bit of painting.

Definitely fun stuff, and doesn't take all that much time really compared to assembling an image from scratch in a render program...

I've found composited images tend to work best with a bit of pre-planning, and good source image quality and type (especially matching light angles).  Then its just a matter of assembling the image based on your plan, matching the colors/contrast, painting/cloning the required areas to blend edges, and then post processing the overall result for the mood.

Title: Re: Matte style image
Post by: N810 on July 16, 2009, 02:03:49 PM
Wow  :o

Flawlessly done.