projects

The Scheveningen 360° project < Preview 4 – The Bunker <287w

May 16, 2010

UPDATE 11 december 2011 New revisions 2.4 compatible sIBL sets now available at HDRLabs archive page. You (still) are allowed to use the Bunker sIBL sets commercially..so have fun with them! Donated the Bunker sIBL sets to HDRLabs. The Bunkers sIBL sets / Panorama’s were choosen as SIBL sets of the month june 2010 at [...]

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Dutch Skies 360° < Volume 2 DVD available! <283w

March 7, 2010

The Dutch Skies 360° Volume 2 DVD is ready to order and ship! New in this edition: – added experimental Background plates to 3 sIBL sets – added 3 rejected Dutch Skies (that did not pass my quality control) – some of the extra 11k JPG exposure renders are in Adobe RGB instead of sRGB. [...]

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Michael Chaves < Showcase < 282w

March 7, 2010

Got sometimes questions from people who were asking whats the deal behind the Dutch Skies 360°, think below you can see a good example how the Dutch Skies 360° HDRI panorama’s can be implemented in VFX projects. In the near future more examples from clients will appear in the Showcase category (so how its used [...]

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The Scheveningen 360° project < Preview 2 & 3 <274w

January 23, 2010

[update] added preview 3: Shot an new panorama at F.A.S.T. (Free Architecture Surf Terrain) Scheveningen thursday 28 january 2010 – between 09:39 – 09:40 . Here is Preview 2 of my Scheveningen 360° project. This project has something special. Normaly you have a black hole at the bottom of the panorama because thats the place [...]

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Project Luctor < projects < Luctor Finished!! <252w

June 14, 2009

[UPDATE 27 AUGUST 2009] Luctor will be presented on the Film by the Sea Filmfestival 2009! See for more information this page. After 3 years the Luctor movie we were working on is ready *)!!! It was a very rough ride and we had to deal with lots of troubles. The movie will go public [...]

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part 1 < process of a vfx shot <186w

March 29, 2009

This project shows the process of a vfx shot. In this first fase we have a storyboard made by Jos van de Berg The shot that is used was made as a test for the Luctor movie. The shot never was finished. Will complete the shot in the upcoming period. So first you see the [...]

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part 2 < process of a vfx shot <188w

March 28, 2009

In the second fase we shot the scene in a (very) small blue screen studio in the Haque (the netherlands). Below you can see the recording (it was shot in HD):

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part 3 < process of a vfx shot <200w

March 27, 2009

In this fase you see the matchmove. The Matchmove was made with Syntheyes. Here is the matchmove: The next stadium will be rotoscoping. Not had time too continue on this part. Will do it when finding some time in a corner.

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manhole cover < 3D <220w

March 26, 2009

This is part of The Scheveningen 360° project. The Manhole cover idea (riool put deksel). Let me first explain how the post processing of making a panorama picture goes in the case you never heard of it. After the panorama is shoot you have to stitch it together. Not going too deep for now in [...]

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The Scheveningen 360° project <239w

March 26, 2009

This panorama project is just online. All the panorama’s are shot in Scheveningen (The Netherlands). Over time there will be more panorama’s added tot he site. You can visite the site here. The site is hosted at viewat.org. I only have the domain name dutchskies360.com and that is pointing to viewat.org website because its free [...]

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The Dutch Skies 360° project

March 26, 2009

[UPDATE] The online store and the special pages can be found here. Just finished the first panorama site that is all about Dutch Skies. The site is hosted at viewat.org. I only have the domain name dutchskies360.com and that is pointing to viewat.org website. Shoot for a while Dutch Skies in Scheveningen. On this project [...]

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Project Luctor < projects <208w

March 25, 2009

Involved in the making of the movie Luctor with matchmoving, rotoscoping, (cloud) photography & several other things. More information about Luctor in Dutch: Making the movie website Here is a translation of the site: Here is a gallery of images that were shot on the days off the recording in the studio. This project is [...]

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