Cavern

[qstom]

Damn! I didnt know my screen was than bad calibrate! all I can see is dark/blue image :( and the lightly bright of some rocks in the floor (I know it coz I took it into photoshop)
anyone else has this problem ?

[Matellis]

im getting the same, well on my cintiq it looks almost black but when i slide it over to the laptop screen i can see its a cave. kaustavsinha maybe you should check your brightness setting on your monitor?

[kaustavsinha]

Hi Matellis & qstom,

Hmmm... unfortunately, my laptop is not calibrated! :( It's appearing ok in my laptop though; I will calibrate my laptop as soon as possible!

[Chrike]

hi kaustav,
i have a calibrated screen here and i can see what's going on, however, this definitely needs a light source somewhere if you want to present it as a stand-alone matte. It's extremely dark and hence lacks depth. There's black in the foreground, a fair amount of detail in the midground and nothing but black in the holes suggesting that this leads into the background.

the ground indicates that there's a really subtle light coming from the left so if i were you I would emphasize this a bit more and furthermore match the level of detail and sharpness of your various elements. The ground is crisp and has quite some detail, whereas the walls look a bit mushy.

keep at it mate!
chris

[kaustavsinha]

hi kaustav,
i have a calibrated screen here and i can see what's going on, however, this definitely needs a light source somewhere if you want to present it as a stand-alone matte. It's extremely dark and hence lacks depth. There's black in the foreground, a fair amount of detail in the midground and nothing but black in the holes suggesting that this leads into the background.

the ground indicates that there's a really subtle light coming from the left so if i were you I would emphasize this a bit more and furthermore match the level of detail and sharpness of your various elements. The ground is crisp and has quite some detail, whereas the walls look a bit mushy.

keep at it mate!
chris

Hi Chris, :)

Thank you very much for the detailed critiques! :thumbsup: I'm glad that, the matte appears ok in your computer screen! I'll surely follow your critiques & will post an update asap! :)

[kaustavsinha]

Hi Chris, :)

Here's an update! I've tried to focus on the light source, coming from the left! I hope, you'll like it! Will be eagerly waiting for your very precious critiques!

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/95/cavernkaustavsinha.jpg

[Rockhoppermedia]

Hunt for Gollum, hey why dont you provide a link to the behind the scenes sure the guys here would like it. :thumbsup:

Or if you click on my blog link I have done a post regarding it.

Some of the stuff on the film work is quite inspiring. :applause:

Rich

PS the image is way too dark on my monitor. :sad:

[kaustavsinha]

Hunt for Gollum, hey why dont you provide a link to the behind the scenes sure the guys here would like it. :thumbsup:

Or if you click on my blog link I have done a post regarding it.

Some of the stuff on the film work is quite inspiring. :applause:

Rich

PS the image is way too dark on my monitor. :sad:

Hey Rich, :)

I guess, you saw this matte on the CGI/VFX Reel of TH4G movie! I don't have a calibrated laptop, so am really sorry, if you aren't able to see this matte properly and is appearing dark! :( It was an awesome learning experience for me, while working on TH4G, which included digital matte-painters like Maciej Kuciara & Tiberius Viris, whom I regard as my mentors! :) I loved the movie very very much & would recommend everyone to watch this awesome fan-film, directed by Chris Bouchard here (http://thehuntforgollum.s3.amazonaws.com/player_film-hd.htm)! :thumbsup:

Following are few Behind The Scenes video links on The Hunt For Gollum:

Behind the Scenes on The Hunt For Gollum - Official Doc (http://www.dailymotion.com/user/huntforgollum/video/x94v52_behind-the-scenes-on-the-hunt-for-g_shortfilms?hmz=7461626d656d626572)

Middle-earth Magic - CGI/VFX Reel (http://www.dailymotion.com/user/HuntForGollum/video/x963wt_middleearth-magic-cgivfx-reel_shortfilms)

[Chris1106]

Hi Chris, :)

Here's an update! I've tried to focus on the light source, coming from the left! I hope, you'll like it! Will be eagerly waiting for your very precious critiques!



In my eyes the image is still way way way to dark.

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