Vehicle: OHVXtreme Project "Jeep CJ7"

[tobiasth]

holi moli, GREAT work !!!
niccce!! :thumbsup:

[Kaksht]

Very nice modeling and texturing, impresive :thumbsup:

[blacknoise]

cant wait for the animation! please post any tests here! i think this can turn out really good.

[phildog]

great work. just add some more reflections to the panels of the jeep.. they seem a little too matte.

[CDS]

Thanks for the Feedback guys, Glad you all like it.

In 24 hours I should have some more shots of various close ups and other angles, as well as some from inside the Jeep.

phildog......Im still tweaking some of the Spec and Reflect maps, as Im compositing it into live action. Im kind of limited in my variations as the ref is quite mat/flat looking. Still thanks for the comments.

[jairaj]

fantastic compositing, I like it

[Kael]

Awesome it looks so real!!!
Seriously great work!

-Andrew
PS: wires?

[Blanch]

Are you shure that its 3D :surprised Great job, and great detail level.:bowdown:

[corrupto]

http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.giftwo giant thumbs way way up! http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif good job

[coCoKNIght]

oh damn, I first thought it was a photo and was looking desperatily through the whole thread for the 3d artwork...

:thumbsup:

[mvunderground]

wow good job, I thought it was a photo of what you where going to make LOL >>


great job, excelent rendering:bowdown:

[CDS]

Wow guys thanks for the incredible compliments, there is alway great work being displayed here. To get compliments of photo realism, especially from other CG artists is huge....Thank you all very much.

Still about 12 hours from some more shots.

Here is a wire screen shot:
http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/Jeep_july18_800x600_scshot.jpg


http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/hdri_screen.jpg....and here is a screen shot of the HDRI Im using for this portion of the project.(all HDRI's used have been created by myself).

[nicolasambrosio]

a master piece!!! congrat
have u used hdrshop to do ur hdri map?

[Manky]

wow! :eek:

impressive! nice details u put in it!

[Phb]

hey! This is real! not a digital creation! WOW!

[CDS]

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. Its great to hear your comments of photorealism, which is my entire goal with this project.

Koony....yes I used HDRI Shop, a 10" Chrome ball, and my Sony F-707.

[Sqwall]

Pretty Good. You have damn good textures for the tires and the disc brakes. Very well done myfriend. :thumbsup:

[CDS]

Thanks Sqwall.....I took a quick peek at some of your work. Nice. You should be one for sure who would understand the problems inherit with tire shaders/textures.

Im a few hours from posting some more shots.....sorry for taking so long, just busy tweaking mats and some of the geometry.

[tomaa]

gee...

those details!!! looking very nice, waiting to see more

keep it so

[neu]

Keep the images coming! I loke that beast...the CJ7 is "ULTIMATE OFFROAD VEHICLE". Nothing else can compare to it.

Good work!

Greetings, neu

[needed]

this looks very interesting, i'd love to see the animation too ! and you even create hdri's you use.. cool ! :)

[CDS]

Again everyone thanks for the positive feedback. Sorry for the slow update in images as Im juggling the post work and the pr releases.

neu.....I agree, a properly setup CJ7 is pretty much the king. If you want to get a look at my ref jeep, take a peek at this vid clip:
http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/July_long_lowres.wmv

http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/Jeep_july21_800x600.jpg

[tomaa]

cool video... and yeah nice backroundsound...

what is it? would be interested?

[Ogi]

Very very impressive work you have done.:thumbsup:
I just cant wait to see more!!!
Keep it up.

The video? What song is that??

[Gremlin]

wow, very impressive...
I seem to remember a tutorial on how to make HDRI maps, but I can't remember where I saw it; but you seem to have got it down! nice work!

[DUCKORABB]

Yay! Man! this is... The kick ass!!! When I seen, yours first photo, I think: "...what a... this is rock crawling board...?";)

P.S. ...aha! And sorry;), but my favourite equip is always Samurai! Cool smoke machine!:) Nice movie!

This is great!!

Regards

DCKBB

[ty19345]

amazing~ excellent compositing~ :thumbsup:
I think you excute texture, shadow, and lighting really well.
I like the detail on the car so much~ :thumbsup:
I have some suggestion as well ~
Isn't the wall and trophy in the background kinda loosing too much detail?
It looks like everything is flat out there, and the wall and trophy are too bright for the indoor lighting (the garage door is also closed).
Some strench and distortion on those trophy and other stuff couldn't compare to the excellent quality that you putting on the car....
That is only my opinion. :)
but hey~ this is an EXCELLENT piece~ superb~ :thumbsup:

[SimonGibson]

CDS i do not get how u have not went insane yet after the amount of work u put in and the amount of knowledge u must of needed to accumulate to produce your works.

never been burnt out?

[Ranc0r]

damn man no kidding when I first loaded up this thread I thought the 1st photo was your reference. Then I realized both of them are cg and my jaw hit the ground

[Supervlieg]

Excellent stuff! just great. Love to see an animation of the completed thing running on a dirt track.

[Skulleader]

Dear CDS,:thumbsup:

Your GREAT WORK !!!!!!!!
I really like your CJ7
Your digital creation is really fabulous.

I have just downloaded the video clip: July Long Lowres.wmv:applause:
I find this really fabulous video, I would like to know if this video is available in High Resolution ?

Still thank's for all and still great work.:applause:

Skull Leader.:)

[Aearon]

awesome model! i love that machine...

texture wise i especially like the seats and tires... just perfect

can't wait to see more... especially animations, should you get around to make them :thumbsup:

[CDS]

Wow Guys.....Thanks my jaw dropped when I saw the CG Talk front page. All I can say is thanks for all the great positive feedback and thanks to CG Talk for front page!

tomaa, OGI and Skulleader.....the song in the vid is "Pedal to the Metal" by Kazzer.

Gremlin....yes I used the tutorials from HDR Shop, and the HDR Shop program to compile the images into an HDRI. Full credit goes to HDR shop for their information and program used to create the HDRI(keep in mind it does take a bit of tweaking and camera adjustment to get a useable HDRI). In regards to the HDRI I can only take credit for the raw footage and setup.

DUCKORABB...thanks. You must have liked the Sammy in the vid then...btw that guy just put a 50 shot of NOS on that lil Sammy.

ty19345....great feedback and I totally agree. All is greatly appreciated. The indoor shots have been tricky cause Im trying not to stray to far away from the Video footage. The outdoor shots will be much better quality.

LOL @ SimonGibson.....crazy, well I guess you havent talked to my wife lately.

Ranc0r...as Ive said before, a comment of it looking photo real is exactly what I was shooting for....Thank you.

Supervlieg....there will be actually 3 Stages(shorts) of OHVXtreme:

"The Build Up"(live action of the CG jeep being built)

"On the Street"(Live action of the beast wreaking havok on the small town of Red Deer)

"Off-Road Extreme"(Live action of extreme action where you find out if the jeep lives or dies)

Each will be roughly 1 min in length.

fist...again thanks for the great feedback. Actually Stage 01 is about 40 hours away from completion,
depending on time and other commitments it should be viewable by the end of the month. The other 2 stages will not be far behind.

[Dr. Ira Kane]

great work deserves front page, i like it very much, suuuuuuper !

[D3-2go]

CDS,

I have been trying to create my own HDR and I am not having much luck. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but the HDR image i generated did not have the same lighting information as the environment i took. Can you help?

thanks,
D3-2go

[Cromo]

dude, that is some awesome work, love the engine.

[ENIAC]

wow, i havent seen good stills like this for a long time
nice details:thumbsup:

[cheybea]

simply amazing

[JonC]

Splendid peace of work!!!

[SteveV]

I'm not saying it's perfect, but that's the nicest 3D model of a small block chevy I've seen on the internet!

As for the rest, stunning!

[P_T]

i haven't really got any comment that hasn't been said in previous posts. i'd say this again though, it is an excellent model and composite. :thumbsup:

one more thing, may i ask how u got rid of the camera from the HDRI probe?

[HocusPocus]

I have no words!

congrats!

[ambas]

man! you arnt fooling me! stop taking photos of your jeep in your garage!!

sike.. im just kidding. Great job! looks perfect!

[XLNT-3d]

Your image broke my heart.:sad:

I remember my first 1979 CJ-7. I yanked out the 6 and dropped in a 350 from a Monte Carlo. Added a Turbo 400 tranny with a slap stick and BOOM, whadda ride. Unfortunately it only ran about half the month. When it was running, I was averaging 5-7 miles per gallonhttp://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/eek.gif When you hit the hammer the 35" rubber would bark like a hound dog. I didn't think it would chirp in first gear!

Awesome CG work

[loocas]

:buttrock: :buttrock: :!: WICKED :!: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[CDS]

What can I say but thank you all very much. This has definately been a bright spot in my week as the last few weeks have been pretty tough to say the least....tough to get work done, but you all have inspired me to kick it into high gear....Thank you all!

D3-2go....the biggest things Ive found with HDRI failing are:

Camera quality
Camera calibration
Finding a good light probe
Improper F-Stop settings
Line up of your matching points from 0 and 90 degrees.

I would double check all of these items and make sure you do the tuts on the HDR Shop site, and just take your time....hope this helps.

Yup SteveV.....sbc(400 stroked to 406 on a 100hp NOS kit), Turbo 350 and NP 205. Detroit lockers front and rear. Dana 60 in the front and bowtie 14 in the rear.

P_T.....use the alpha map on HDR shop site(its in the tut "Creating a Light Probe"), it works pretty good. I had to tweak mine a bit. A lil touch up here and there in photo shop did the trick.

XLNT 3d....talk about a huge compliment, thank you. It really inspires me to know that my work has touched someone on a personal level.

[aydinu]

Wow!! no wonder it's frontpage news. The compositing looks incredible.
Did you use only an HDRI image to light the scene?

Aydin

[steverage]

Fantastic stuff!! Very cool... Is it gonna be animated?

[Jo B.]

wow, like all the others i'm totally impressed. this is a whole other side of cg that i'm using, so allow me some questions.

- how many and which passes (like: ambience, shadow, reflection, highlight...) did/do you use?
- how long did the complete rendering take? I'm told mental ray takes quite a while for hdri.
- in which resolution will the final clips be, and how long will a frame take?

in fact i don't know the answers, but i think the rendering is quite an effort. i would love to do animaion in such complex scenes, but i get nightmares, if i think about the time...

greetz...

[mash1000]

Man, picture is just awsome!!!

[KaDDD]

very impressive and so realistik!
good job ,

ps: the lighting is exelent !:)

[CDS]

Thanks everyone!

aydinu....the HDRI is the primary with 3 fill lights to bring up a little bit of the character lights in the garage.

steverage...yes, in every way....right from the engine starting to seeing it run through mudd and other destructive obsticles.

Jo B....there was a Diffuse, highlight, reflect and shadow pass....all composited in Eyeon digital fusion....all compositing work is being done in DF. Mental Ray is pretty good you just have to tweak your settings. The renders you are seeing didnt take more than 30 min, and the production renderings are averaging 6min to 15min per frame...I have over 22ghz working on the project. It can be overwelming, just take your time and dont over think your problems.

Thanks Again everyone, all of the positive feedback is greatly appreciated.

[Jo B.]

Thanks for the quick answer.
i like the idea. sound fun.
if the animation is at the same level as the model and rendering is this clips will be the blast.
btw. can/will you show em when they're finished? if so i'm really looking forward to it!

[carn1fex]

What a great render. Really like the grittiness.. one crit: when i loaded it my eyes almost immediately went to the "Jeep" logo on the side.. looks like its floating off the vehicle, photoshop? Dirty it up a bit, fade it, blur it.. dunno, something :)

[costas]

Keep Up The Good Work

[paintbox]

Awesome work ! Keep it up ! :thumbsup:

[DXtreme]

wow really cool work.

i like the details you added to the scene - they're so awesome, i needed some minutes to get all of them. and i like such images, where you have to look at to get everything!

so nice work again! keep it up!

[shortbuss]

I saw the image on the page and went :eek:
then :buttrock: And you deserve a big :thumbsup:

Great work man, I'm getting ready to post some pics of a vehicle I'm creating, but jeez I'd feel stoopid after seeing this. Keep it up bro!

ESB

By the way how is Canada?

[D3-2go]

CDS,

I used a high end SLR digital Nikon camera. I also purchased a 2" Chrome Alloy Steel Ball from McMaster-Carr. I lined up the angle from the Chrome ball at 90 degree. I may have done something wrong in the camera calibration and the F-stop.

I am not really sure what am i looking for during the camera calibration. I looked into the HDR Shop tutorial, it said "once you have a curve you like, you can stop the solver ...." when i tried to calibrate my images, i really don't have a clue what curve create the best result.

also, most of the camera F-stop are 1.8, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, and 32. i am not sure how to take picture at a 1/3 of a stop interval.

need your pointer

thanks,
D3-2go

[AndyWhiteley]

D3-2go,

I have the a Nikon D70 Digital SLR camera.
Here's a quick example of how to use it to generate photos for HDRI through the cameras 'Bracketing' function.

Basically, this method produces 3 continuously shot images with correct exposure intervals. If you were to use f/stops alone, the depth of field would change from image to image.

I set the camera to:

AE Exposure Bracketing only.
EV 1/2 step.
BKT order to ->+ (Under>MTR>Over)
Continuous shot mode.
Matrix Metering.
Bracketing Program to 3F 2 to get 3 images of exposure -2, 0,+2.

If you require 2 additional inbetween images:
Set the program to 3F 1 to get -1, 0,+1 (and delete the duplicated 0) although 3 seems enough.

Assemble the images in HDR Shop
Setting Preset scale to 1F Stop for the 5 images or
Setting Preset scale to 2F Stop for 3 images.

also Calibrate the cameras curve from the images.

[jasonkey]

I especially like the texturing on the tire treads and sidewalls. Did you use custom UV mapping on most of it, or standard projections?

[D3-2go]

Andy,

I have Nikon D100 (i wish this is mine) which has similar features compairing to D70. I set up my camera according to your setting.

what setting do i set on the dial? M, A, S or P? Also, not all f-stops will take 5 pictures. when i had it on 5.6, it took 6 pictures when i hold down the shutter-release button. then i didn't have to take any (according to the camera setting) i didn't have to take any pictures until i change the f-stop to 11 or 18. is there anything i am not aware?

D3-2go

[AndyWhiteley]

D3-2go,

I don't want to go off thread too much, but I usually set the camera to M (manual) and use the settings as described previously. I have had no problem taking 3 continuous photos at a time with various initial f/stop settings, so I can't really comment.

[CDS]

Sorry for taking so long to reply, but Ive been out shooting more footage for some of the final scenes. Thank you everyone for all the great feedback.


Jo B.....Thanks, and yes once the first stage in the series is ready, CG Talk will be one of the first places that I will submit it to.

carn1fex.....it might be the jpeg compression that is causing the jeep logo to stand out a bit more. Great observation, I really didnt notice it.

DXtreme....thank you, that was my entire intent.

shortbuss......Im looking forward to seeing your work.

jasonkey......actually everything on the jeep is UV mapped.

Andy....thanks for the great explination...its very similar to the technique that I use....and thanks for helping D3-2go.

Again, thank you all and I hope to have Stage one for you all to view shortly.

[AndyWhiteley]

Darryl,
Thanks for the acknowledgements and keep up the good work.

[qur]

wow wow wow great work here

nice modelling and rendering
can't wait for the anim.

good work go on...:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[CDS]

Thanks qur.....Im hoping to have Stage 1 ready for viewing by next monday. Ill post updates through the week

[Kris-Rusinek]

AMAZING! ABSOLUTELY!! How long did it take to complete to this stage?!
Can't wait to see it live!!

[jdsb]

wow man,very impressive!!,cant wait to see more...:) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[CDS]

Thanks guys. Its comming along.

Kris_Rusinek.....up to this point I would estimate about 160 hours. That includes everything from CG to the live action compositing. I think the entire project will be around 300 hours in total (just an estimate).

[loocas]

...you are a very patient man... :bowdown: ..may the force be with you...

[CDS]

LOL....Patient and a lil crazy. Just like most CG artists I imagine.

[loocas]

True... true... :banghead: :arteest:

[Ancient-Pig]

pff.. totally fake


j/k :P Great work as usual CDS... I cant wait to see what comes next. What would be real trippy is if you modeled your youngest, and had her driving the thing through the mud :P

[CDS]

Hey AP, Great to hear from ya. Yup, that would be one option.....but that might minimize the realistic and horrific finish I have planned for this little project.

[bettery]

Wow. Amaizing work!

[CDS]

Thanks bettery....you seem to have a pretty nice project going yourself.

[merdzan]

great work man,nice model and render

[CDS]

Thanks merdzan, as Ive said before its always a boost in my day to get positive feedback.

Now Im off to the mountains(the Peak of Limstone mountain to be exact....hope the Bears arent out) for one more day of shooting and collecting HDRI's.

[jdsb]

cant wait for updates...have fun :D :):thumbsup:

[bettery]

Hi, CDS. I'm making a racing car realistic. http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=158322
But I am not satisfied with my result.
I notice you have used mental ray as well as I did. But I just couldn't adjust well. When I try to use a photograph as the scene background, the shadow of the car is not a bit soft. especially dark! The background behind the shadow can't be seen a little. I don't know why this could happen. So finally, I had to model the scene as well. Because of not using a photograph as background, the result as you can see is not good.
Could you please tell me how to solve this problem? How to compose them well ?
I'm using maya. But I think there must be the same point. Thx!

[unwrap]

Awesomely done work!!! :thumbsup:

[CDS]

bettery....PM me some screen shots and Ill see what I can come up with.

sergage...Thanks

Shooting on location for the mountian scene(some pr shots with composits soon to follow).

One hour away.

http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/trip1.jpg

Getting closer.
http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/trip2.jpg

Almost there.
http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/trip3.jpg


On Location.
http://www.cdmedia-studio.com/trip4.jpg

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