Mercedes Benz TV Commercial

[dimo]

Hi all,

just want to show the first full CG Packshot we did for a Mercedes Benz TV Commercial. It's short and nothing special but 100% CG. It airs at the moment in Germany and Austria.


Credits go to:

Shading of the car: Markus Jäck
Shading of the floor: Me
Animation: Chris Godzik
Compositing: Erik Bochmann

Here's the full commercial:

http://mackevision.de/pictures/aktue..._Klasse_TV.mov
Best Regards,

Dieter

[aphex79]

Very nice

[Mirko]

WOW!!! You guys rock!!! Very nice animation.

BUT: are you sure that the licence plate is nailed onto the car that way? It looks very bended (oder eher geknickt).

[Candelero]

Great !
Tell us more about the car-light effect. How was it done ?

Best regards,
nikki Candelero

[dimo]

Hi,

I wasn't involved in the light effect, but as far as I know Markus rendered a lot of masks and light layers etc and the effect was done in shake.


Best Regards,

Dieter

[natty]

Nice work !! ... i think the paint shader could do with some shine..

[roppin]

most impressive. congrats

[Nek]

Congrats. Well done!!

[Syclone1]

Grats, nice work...

-dave

[mcvltd]

Very nice Dieter, especially the warm colours on the floor that gently reflect in the lower panels of the car. Great job!

[DaForce]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!

[jacksc02]

nice one dieter and team!
The material on the car does look a little dull but the overall impact is spot on!

[Aneurisma]

what you mean nothing special the thing is real nice!!! Havve you modeled the car or the guys at mercedes gave it to you?


Cheers!

[Morbid Angel]

this is very nice, is the mers modeled or scan?

[dimo]

Hi,

the car model is converted from the CATIA files. You couldn't model as exact as this in a production period. I think some parts in car lights were remodeled.
Automotice clients want exact renderings of their cars. There's even an increasing demand for measuring the exact car paint. Sphreron has a service (5000 Dollar for each paint) where you can measure the carpaint. You then get a mental ray shader with almost no parameters.
We asked Spheron if they are interested in porting the shader to VRay but they are not interested. But I expect that measured BRDFs are coming. It's a marketing thing.

Best Regards,

Dieter