car caustics reflective specular caustics study

[madcat117]

[bardo]

So...all the cars and caustics are CG?
If yes, well...as experiment it seems good for advertising, quite realistic to be believable.

[sirio76]

So...all the cars and caustics are CG?
If yes, well...as experiment it seems good for advertising, quite realistic to be believable.

I’m pretty sure those are all photos and certainly not an experiment from the OP.

[kosso_olli]

I worked on that campaign, the project can be found on my Behance profile. Some cars are CGI, but most of them are photos. The red M5 is photography only.

[sirio76]

I worked on that campaign, the project can be found on my Behance profile. Some cars are CGI, but most of them are photos. The red M5 is photography only.

Just out of curiosity... is there a specific reason why for the same campaign the customer decided to put a few CGI shots together with the photos?

[bardo]

Uhmm.. I'm quite confused now.
Who is the author of the images posted?
And if it's a compositing of real photo and CGI, what is photo and what is CGI?
Why put some total photo beside some others that are mixed CGI/photo or full CGI?

Could the author (or authors) give more info?
I think it should be more useful for everyone.

[sirio76]

None of the image posted is a render.
On the Behance page of kosso_olli you will find more images of the same campaign made by several people, among all the images only 4 are renders (1-23-24-26) all the rest are photos.

[madcat117]

vlado caustics study

[kosso_olli]

Just out of curiosity... is there a specific reason why for the same campaign the customer decided to put a few CGI shots together with the photos?

Because some of the locations shown were impossible to reach with a car. Still, the client wanted to show the car there. So we integrated them via CGI.
Attached you will find the rendered images.

[sirio76]

Thanks, so only the car is CGI?

[Vizioen]

Can someone get this idiot (troll) of the forum.

[matanov]

madcat117 this is your final warning - stop spamming the forum. One more thread like this and we'll be forced to remove your posting rights.

And once again - if you really want to help - it will be very beneficial if you have an example of a renderer that meets your expectations.

[seandunderdale]

Also, those car caustics seem doable in CG to me. Anyone think those results are impossible to get? Might be fiddly but could get close I think.

[fixeighted]

LOL...I have no other comment other than the fact that trolling these forums is NOT cool and can only end in one result.

[^Lele^]

Also, those car caustics seem doable in CG to me. Anyone think those results are impossible to get? Might be fiddly but could get close I think.

These have been achieved since V-Ray had photon-mapped caustics, nearly two decades ago.
As to matching an *exact* look, by the pixel (f.e. to integrate with a plate that has other parts of the same caustics), i highly doubt that's doable by anyone at all, no matter the tech, currently.
Besides, of course, manually painting the caustics in.

LOL...I have no other comment other than the fact that trolling these forums is NOT cool and can only end in one result.

While i personally understand the user's frustration and motive, i can't but agree on the fact that posting as he did (here, and on the octane forums, for size) without even mentioning the work isn't his, is truly bad form.
It's construable as naivete', which is minor an annoyance, but it could also be construable as appropriation, which is no minor mishap.
I'd think the right thing to do would be to amend that post on the Octane forums as well, even if Olli's been royally patient.