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Virgin Galactic landing cgi visuals

Posted on Sunday July 11, 2021 by Chris Longmore


Imagine positioning a camera when you don’t know the exact position of the subject, you do know it won’t be there for several months and the client is demanding a Virgin Galactic landing image within 3 weeks.  So you decide on the CGI route only to discover that there is no data available of Virgin Galactic’s Space Ship Two.  That is the scenario we faced to create Virgin Galactic landing cgi visuals.

Photographer Richard Seymour came to Drive CGI Studio to deliver a fast, cost effective and flexible process for producing the high quality images required whilst maintaining art direction freedom throughout.

As Richard flew out to the Spaceport America site in New Mexico to capture the back plates and HDR images for domes, Drive’s expert team of modellers got on with creating the 3d data Spacecraft from scratch using information gleaned from the web.

Richard’s photographs were transferred to the studio before he had said his farewells, and Drive’s creative team set about finalising the environment using early volume models in the scene to match camera angles ready for further creative input.

The digital 3d model was completed, textures and finishes applied and then dropped into the virtual environment.  Once the creative direction and images were completed, the final retouching was applied.

No chance? On release, on time, on budget.

Virgin Galactic landing
Virgin Galactic landing

These CGI renders feature Virgin Galactic’s Space Ship Two at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Photography and art direction by Richard Seymour, CGI work by Drive CGI, Retouching by Nick Humphries.
These images are strictly not for reproduction without permission. Virgin and Virgin Galactic are registered trademarks.

www.richardseymourphotographer.com

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