Someone gave me an idea, so I used it as an opportunity to exercise Blender and Photoshop more

[DarkSwordsman]

I saw this tweet, which I had replied to already yesterday, but this morning it gave me an idea.

Spoiler

 

Getting Started

So here I'll detail what I did. First, I created a box of sorts and tried to setup the camera to be a similar focal length as the one used in the photo.

 

 

Next, I modeled a neon sign using extruded nurbs paths.

 

 

Next I lined it up mainly using the image as an opaque layer in the camera itself. I also originally tried to create boxes for the lights to block light, but I didn't use this in the final render.

 

Then we setup materials. One was the emissive for the neon sign, and the other was the reflective surface for the floor and wall.

 

 

Next I tried to export the image with alpha by using one of the gloss layers as an alpha mask, but it kept breaking and didn't give me what I wanted

 

 

So I instead opted to use the raw image and use Photoshop to do some masking technique that I had learned through this post

 

 

Plus a mask of the grates so the light doesn't reflect off empty air

 

 

And with a little tweaking: Viola! A finished result:

 

 

Edit: I realize now that I should've added a noise texture to the floor material since the original floor has texture to it, if you compare the orange reflection to the blue one on the left

Edit 2: Fixed the image

• Added noise to the floor reflection so it matches the other reflections
• Added glass reflections on the server rack glass doors
• Fixed the ceiling material since it was too shiny
• Added noise to the ceiling and wall immediately outside the sign to blend with the wall and ceiling texture

[Sarra]

Premonition of Lab3's basement?