{"id":2203,"date":"2016-08-29T14:58:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:58:16","slug":"spline-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2016\/08\/spline-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Spline Action!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had a project that required a detailed model of a car. At first, I was hoping to use an existing model in Lightwave’s Content Library, but that was a dead end. As a result, I modeled it myself – which is something I have never done. Below is a render of the wireframe:<\/p>\n

\"Car_BeforeCC\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The model is based off the Mazda 6, with an added logo on the grill. The modeling required plenty of splines, a technique I never really used. In fact, I had to reacquaint myself many of the tools related to splines. Fortunately, I was able to pick things up quickly because there were plenty of splines used. Below is a Modeler screenshot with all the splines selected and the car model in the BG layer:<\/p>\n

\"Splines\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After Modeling everything, which took about 40 hours or so, I threw it into Layout and did some rendering (well technically, I did some minor rigging and animating first). I used the multi-pass rendering technique described in a previous post<\/a>. The result is the render shown at the top of the post.<\/p>\n

No doubt, detailed surfacing would have increased the amount of time needed for the model, but fortunately that was not part of the scope of the project. I did end up adding a small color correction in After Effects (the Curves effect). Below is a shot before and after the correction:<\/p>\n

\"Car_SideBySide\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The effect was subtle and done to better match the car to the video’s color palette. All in all, the use of Splines was challenging, but I can definitely see it’s power. It would be interesting to see how I can apply the technique to other modeling; but to be honest, I think I am still much more comfortable with ‘old-school’ box modeling. Although, never say never…<\/p>\n

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