Ford Focus, in my street.

[Bog]

http://www.atomicfish.co.uk/QT/Focus.mov 37.7Mb

Not much of a thing, just a thing. :)

(Yes, I know the tail skids a bit, but it counts as "done" for now)

[oDDity]

THe matching with the BG plate and the animation is fine, but the surfcaing of the body doesn't make it look as though it's really there. Something to do with the reflections obviosuly.
What kind of reflection map or dome are you using? I take it you took photos from all angles of the street and put them together?
To me, the surfacing looks flat and dull. It's not bright enough for such a yellow colour.

[richdj]

Bog, thats a really good start, as oDDity said, the car doesn't look really there.. Hope you find time to update it...

Rich

[Bog]

See, it's one of those things where you know is isn't quite right...

I'll see about an update in coming days when I find time (it's always about time)

[Imatk]

The only thing animation-wise that's out of place is that sort of "fishtail" after the inital turn out.

It's as if the car needed to be straight so the backend just quickly whipped around to make it straight.

Other than that, the animation is excellent.

The surfacing could do with some work as well. I would grab a still frame of your movie. Go into HDRShop and make a sphere out of it. Drop that in image world and use it for your reflections.

That will help a lot I think to bring it closer in line with the plate.

Do those couple things and I think you'll be on your way.

Nice job :)

[Skinner3D]

:agree: With the others, environmental mismatch and amazing fishtailing.:D But that aside it looks good.

Is that supposed to be you in the front seat?:D

My laptop had problems viewing. The animation jumped during the pull out and during the middle of the intersection. I had to manually slide the bar to see the whole thing.

[mjcrawford]

:agree: With the others, environmental mismatch and amazing fishtailing.:D But that aside it looks good.
:agree:

and thank you oh mighty BOG for using my color! :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[mjcrawford]

oh, and one minor nitpicky thing... perhaps in the UK it is differant, but the turn signal on my two Focus cars are about twice as fast.. just for referance if you want I can capture mine on video for you... same color and everything!