It’s been roughly one week since our last update. Today’s post we’ll cover off what we’ve accomplished so far and what’s left on the project.

1. DVD Video
We’re glad to announce that the project has officially hit production. The rendering of all the frames is underway and moving along smoothly. The project is being rendered in Anamorphic Widescreen DVD Format. It will be displayed on a 42″ Widescreen TV in the showroom hooked up to a DVD player. The decision to render out in DVD format vs. HD was based on time and budget.

2. Still Renders
For online and offline marketing materials we used pre-rendered orthogrphic, 1 point and 2 point perspective views. These renderings are used to create final paintovers. Below are some render shots prior to post processing.

Fig. 1 – 2 Point Perspective View

Fig. 2 – Right Side Orthographic View

Fig. 3 – Main Floor Overhead View

Fig 4. – Basement Overhead View

3. Paintovers
In this project we’re creating much of the environment and ambiance using 2D post processing techniques to save time and budget. Also since there is very little user interactivity, there is no need for a touchable, realistic interactive environment. Fig. 5 was created at 300dpi and coloured in CMYK to be ready for print. This paintover will be used on Billboard. The challenge with Othrographic paintovers is creating perspective from a view that has no perspective. Here we use 1 point perspective techniques to help create a pseudo sense of realism.

Fig. 5 – 2 Point Perspective Paintover

Fig. 6 – Right Side Orthographic Paintover

Fig. 6 – Main Floor Overhead Paintover

Fig 7. – Basement Overhead Paintover

What’s left?
Once the DVD Frames have been rendered we will be doing some post processing to give them the final touch. We will also be creating two more 1 point perspective paintovers from the front and rear orthographic views.

For more images on this project feel free to visit our Flickr and Youtube pages.