From Sun To Rain Remake

I decided to have a little fun with the picture from the last post!

From Sun To Rain

Phew!  It has been one busy 3 weeks!  I apologize that I haven't posted anything here for awhile, between finishing up a video project and school, I haven't had anytime to do anything!

Anyhow, here is something that I did today...

The Before

The After

The hardest part was getting the windows to light up.  Can anyone guess how I did it?

Lake Pictures

Yesterday, we went to the State Park by our house.  Of course I couldn't miss this opportunity to take some photos!

When I first took these pictures, they were out of balance with the white and blacks which in turn made the colors very dull and bland.  I tried somethings in Photoshop and was amazed at how much quality I could bring back!

Here is two examples.

Before

After

Before

After

Army Attack Visual Effects

After racking my brain to try and find something to post about...this is what I came up with:

Memories Of Banjo, Our Seeing Eye Dog

As some of you may know, our seeing eye dog in training left a couple of months ago.  Here is a little slideshow that I put together containing some of our best memories of Banjo!

Matte Painting

I attempted to create my very own matte painting today.  However, before I show it to you, I should explain what a matte painting is!

A matte painting is a background that is either 2D or 3D that is used for chroma key replacement.
What?  It is a bunch of pictures all edited into a single photo using a photo editor.  Such as Photoshop or Gimp.

What is chrome key?  Chroma key is the proper way of saying, green screen or blue screen.

Let me give an example.  Lets say that there is a scene in a movie that is being shot by the mountains. You have two options to shoot the scene.

1. Go find some mountains that suit you needs, or
2. Green screen the background out so you can insert a matte painting of your own mountains.

Here is two pictures that demonstrates what I mean...

That is the power of a matte painting!  OK, so now you want to see mine, right.

Here it is!

In this picture I had about 75 layers of items.  I was able to do this matte out of only 9 pictures.  It is still far from perfect!  My green on the vines is still to bright and the proportion of the pillars is not quite fitting to the buildings.  But that is how you learn, right!

Have you ever attempted a matte painting?

The Two Lords Of Ashington Trailer

Finally, after many weeks of thought, and trail and error, we are proud to present to you:

THE TWO LORDS OF ASHINGTON TRAILER