Best way to approach and exterior to interior animation -

[conceptdesign]

Client wants to walk around the building and then go in and walk around the inside - What is the most efficient way to set this scene up for an animation - Thanks guys

Mike

[Da_elf]

calculate your lighting for exterior with about 60 frame (2 seconds) worth of it inside. then reset lighting for interior then calculate from 2 seconds outside to inside. then rendering you do a disolve. that seems the most natural way i would do it. i wouldnt try to force the lighting of both interior and exterior to be the same

[studioDIM]

I agree with da_elf: brute force, one way or another is probably quicker to set up, but might prove overkill in the long haul...

Best way is a crossfade between exterior and interior: you could use post to simulate eye adaptation to the darker inside, hence covering any differences, and gaining in realism.

Lele

[Da_elf]

not too hard to setup really. just set your animation ranges and do your pre-calculations for each. keep a door open so you dont need to single frame render one opening