Dreaming Rome
2007 - Adobe Photoshop - Autodesk Combustion - Autodesk Maya
Top Image: 2D Plate
Bottom Images: 40% zoom details.
I wanted to reproduce the Rome of 30’s in a magic and dreaming atmosphere.
6 photos (3 for the sky, 2 for the right side of the city and the last one for the river part on the left) helped me creating a good base. Of course, I deeply manipulated them in Photoshop in order to match the lighting, the different perspective and the colors.
The main task was paint on the plate adding trees, buildings and the farther hills, the haze and a great number of little details.
Using the Paint and Clone tools I removed traffic and the recent interventions on the city.
I worked at 4574x 2000 pixels, separating the city scape and the sky in different folders to maintain the possibility of animate the sky and project the city on simple 3D geometry.
I used Maya to animate the shot and Combustion to add smoke, light and camera effects.