Pure Realm - a meditative journey (Patreon)

I had this idea of a travelling through a dreamy particle system with blurry depth. a calm and meditative journey ahead. still things to improve but good to share with you. enjoy !

the process overview (5 screenshots):

pure00.png this is my 3d scene in 3ds max. I am using tyflow plugin to create a seamless looping particle system. the loop is 800 frames. 10 different particle objects from my library.

pure01.png there are 2 special things happening: 1) particles have a look at constraint to the camera. so you always see them from the front. 2) the 2 big spheres you see in the center create a depth of field effect and fade to black. It isn't easy to create DOF (depth of field) in 360. so this is a hack with a special material. the further outside of the sphere the blurrier it gets.

pure02.png this is the 360 rendering. I am using redshift renderer with a spherical camera to create an equirectangular image.

pure03.png with after effects I am reframing the the loop. with AE you can convert the equirectangular image and control the camera. here you can see smooth animation curves I am using to look around within the 360 video. xyz axis and zoom of the camera creates a wonderful effect.

pure04.png finally I am compositing a few color variations in vegas pro. I am also adding vignette effects and ripple effects. final touches.

Music: Maneesh de Moor - Pure Realm (feat.  Winson Liao)

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