All language subtitles for 09. Setting up 3D cards

in this lesson

we will continue learning how to set up our 3D geometry

for our building

we'll just left off setting up two different cards

for our actual building structure

now let's focus on the actual antenna

what I think we're gonna do on this one is

we're actually going to break that out as a separate

completely separate element

now what my

what I mean by that is

we're going to take the actual antenna

and we're going to set up a complete

separate 3D scene for just that piece

so what we're going to do is

we're going to take the projection camera

I'm going to move it over here

then I'm going to basically

select all of these elements here

I'm going to control C copy

and control V paste

I'm going to connect the camera

to the projection camera

cause we're going to utilize the exact same camera

obviously cause we want the same angle to match up

and then I'm going to take the match move camera

I'm gonna move that over here as well

let's just move these over

line them up

actually slide that over one more

there we go

and connect that in

and then connect the camera

the match move camera

to the scan line render

and now we have a separate set of geometry

just for the antenna

now what my intention for this is

is we're going to take the two different pieces

and I want to shift them back in space

what we're going to do is

if we go over here to the 3D drop down

and we're going to go to the modify tab

now what we see here is

we have a few things we have

we have actually quite a few things

but the two that I'm looking for are the merge geonode

so I'm going to create that

and what we're gonna do is that

connect that into the two cards

that we've duplicated over here

and then connect both of them into it

so it's literally like a merge node

only for geometry

now I'm going to move this down just a little bit

I wanna make a little space

the cards up

there we go

and what I'm going to do now

is select that merging geonode

and then I'm also going to go to modify

and transform Geo

now you can see it's connected below

so what we're going to do is

we're just combining the two together

and disconnecting that

so now we only have one input going into the scene

because we've merged the geometry together

now the reason for that is

so then we can actually transform that geometry

back in space

just a little bit

the reason for that is

I would just like to offset it

just to touch

from the same depth that the building has

so that it has just a little bit of a recess

so it's a little more like it's on the roof

instead of on the front facing

parts of the building

so what we'll do is

we just select the Transform Geo

and you can

you can manually

you can move it in there

or you can manually

what I'm gonna do is

I'm just gonna move it over here

so we just take that

I'm gonna actually

view it from

sort of a top down view

there we go

and I'm going to shift it

just point one

so you can see which way

basically to help you orient

and know which direction

you're going

so let's do in Z

that'll go forward and zero

I want to do

negative point o to

let's say nothing

nothing too drastic

in fact that might actually be

just a little bit too much

in relation to everything else

but I think

I think we'll be okay

okay so what we need to do now is

I need to turn this one off

so what we're going to do really quickly

let's just reorganize a little bit

I'm gonna control X

that's gonna cut control V

paste those over there

and this one

I'm actually just gonna disconnect and reconnect that

and then delete these

because we already have the antenna over there

so we don't need to worry about the antenna

and now we have everything set

so you can see oops

if I zoom out just a little bit

there we go

you can see the recessed tower

so that's perfect

and what I also want to do now is just to ensure

for the camera move

we should be okay

but just ensure you can see

how the communication tower might

there might be a gap

depending on where the camera move is

you might see something like that

where you can see just a slight gap

so what we're going to do

to ensure that that doesn't happen

I'm actually gonna put a transform node

right after the antenna

before the Project 3D node

so we drop that in

and then I'm just gonna drop it down a few pixels

so let's say

10 pixels teen let's

let's do it

20 pixels down

that should probably be enough

if we need to go further

we can go further later on

now what we've done at this point is

we have created our geometry for our building

so we just select all these

now you can see it and it

it gives a good idea

you know good reference point as to where things are

in terms of 3D space

so it's it's

I think it's

it's in a good

good spot at this point

so we view here

you can actually see

there we go

now everything's properly lined up

um I think we should be good to go

alright cool

so at this stage

I think what we wanna do is

we wanna just do a quick comp of that

on top of our original

um background plate

which will then allow us to be able to see

exactly how well the match move is

at this point

and then we can decide

at that point also

if we're going to add additional 3D geometry

to be able to bring out

some of these other pieces of the building

just give it a little more depth

just a nice

little hint of depth

so at this point

I think what we're gonna do

is take a quick break

and we'll come back

uh just to do a quick recap

in this lesson

we continue discussing

what types of geometry we're utilizing

and how we're utilizing that

to be able to build

our overall scene

for our building

and after this

we'll come back

and we'll continue building our shot