DDS, Inc. can quickly and affordably create custom 3D realistic animations and visualizations to suit your need. 3D animations and visualizations allow a company or an individual to present a conceptual realistic illustration of an existing or proposed project. Whether it is for marketing presentations, site analysis, or legal exhibits, DDS, Inc. can generate top-quality animations at a price well under the competition.
Mangi Environmental Group approached DDS to provide visual resource specialist support for the Larimer County Communication Facility Environmental Assessment.
Processes/Services:
DDS is providing both graphical and textual support to this environmental assessment. Our visual resource specialist has conducted photographic surveys of the project location and surrounding viewshed basin. In conjunction with the US Forest Service landscape architects, identified key observation points and prepared photographic simulations of the proposed and alternative actions for the environmental assessment. DDS will provide textual support for the scenery management sections of the environmental assessment.
Deliverable to Client:
Deliverables include photographic simulations of the proposed communication facility and textual support for the scenery management sections of the environmental assessment.
DDS was tasked to create eleven (11) one to five second movie clips for insertion into a boating video directed by Mark Ritts and Ted Fields. The resulting animations were used to illustrate the geographic location of Catalina Island, as well as marking of several key locations in the video.
Processes/Services:
The animations utilized two different resolutions of elevation data for the video. 30-meter data was used for close-up scenes and 100-meter data was used for wider scenes. 30-meter USGS NED data was resampled to 100-meter resolution in Global Mapper and imported into Corel Bryce landscape rendering software. The LANDSAT imagery was converted from CIR to natural color using colorization techniques in Corel PhotoPaint. The natural color LANDSAT data was then draped over the elevation data in Bryce by using the imagery as a material. The flight paths were predetermined by the client and the camera key-framing and rendering were completely performed in Bryce.
Hyder Construction approached DDS to create several display pieces for their Denver main office lobby. The purpose of the maps were to provide oblique views of construction projects Hyder completed in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado. .
Processes/Services:
USGS NED and USDA NAIP data were imported into 3D Nature Visual Nature Studio 2 (VNS). Approximately 150% vertical exaggeration was applied and the lighting was moved to an angle that better suited the southerly view in each image. Several low-resolution screen captures of various viewpoints were prepared to present to the client to choose a preferred viewpoint. The client-chosen viewpoints were rendered at 12,000 by 9,000 pixels to TIFF format. The TIFF images were placed in Adobe Illustrator CS for label placement and logo insertion. Proofs of each map were sent to the client to review in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Upon client approval, the maps were printed on a HP DesignJet 5500 on a 7-mil photo satin paper.
