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Vintage Vespa: a CG scooter in a real garage
A CG Vespa tracked into live-action footage of a working garage. The scooter had to sit in the shot as if it had always been there, with the same light, the same camera and the same imperfections as the footage around it.
- Type
- CG integration into live action
- Delivered
- Composited shot
- Challenge
- Matching real light, camera and grain
- Tools
- Maya, V-Ray, Nuke
How it was made
Putting CG into real footage
Track the camera
The real camera move was tracked, so the CG scooter stays locked to the floor as the shot moves.
Model and look-dev
Painted bodywork, chrome and rubber built to read as a real, used scooter.
Match the light
Lit to match the garage, so highlights and shadows fall where the real lights put them.
Comp
Shadows, grade and grain matched to the footage in Nuke, so nothing gives the CG away.
Frames from the shot
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