Isolation Day 21: Playing with WYSIWYG
I forgot how much fun WYSIWYG is!!!
I mentioned a few days ago that i installed windows 10, along with all the updates, so I could install and get a bit of practice with WYSIWYG. Well I thought I’d show you the project I started with.
It’s based around BBC Studio Works’ Elstree Studio 8. Once I’d set up the basic room dimensions (as i couldn’t get the DWG files to load) I popped over to Blender to create a stage floor and a set piece.
I wanted something with some screens built into them making it multi purpose. All also wanted it to look a bit disjointed so after I got a basic design and put a windows in each of the set pieces I added the displacement modifier (after adding a bunch of triangles to the surface and randomly extruding some). a quick .obj export and it’s back over to WYSIWYG (and Windows).
Once I’d got the stage floor and set piece imported into WYSIWYG I could start placing lighting bars and adding the lights. I’d placed some bars Diagonally across the set in parallel with the step built into the stage floor and space them roughly 5 meters apart. I also installed some into the stage as WYSIWYG doesn’t let you mount lights on the floor without either a hidden lighting bar or some other mounting point, such as a floor stand. I also put a few bar in the hollows of the set piece so I could add a few hidden lights to add a decorative color to the set.
Once I got my bars placed it was time to start rigging the lights themselves. I first put some Fresnels on the front of house bar to act as a front face light. Next up I added some LED Battens into the hidden sections of the set. I then had to decide on what lights I was going to use else where. I decided to go with the Robe Robin series of lights, using the Beam, Spot and Wash models in that order across each of the bars.
After that I created a few test scenes in the designer to to make sure everything looks right and making any notes for my next session, as believe it or not I’m bushed after setting everything up so far. I’ve popped a few of the render bellow for you to have a peek at.
Next time I pop into WYSIWYG I’ll be adding some side booms to add some extra light on the stage from the side. I’ll also be adding some more face light to the sofa area too. I’ll also be connecting the whole thing to a virtual lighting desk so I can add a bit of movement to the lights and get some more dynamic stills. It’ll also be a bit easier to create scenes with an external desk than in would be with the designer tab in WYSIWYG.
So what do you think of my design so far? What do you think I should add? Let me know in the comments bellow.
