Match to Live

Here is my first attempt at creating a CG element with a live action plate. It was modeled in Maya 2017 and rendered with Arnold. 

Breakdown

To create this project, I took photos with a Canon 5D Mark III camera. I made a clean plate, which consisted of my setup, with an empty spot where I wanted my modeled mug to be. I also took pictures with a cube, to help me determine the correct perspective for my Maya scene, a gray ball, to help me figure out the lighting better, and a chrome ball, to give me the reflections in my mug.

Texturing

I also used the camera to get a picture of the mug texture, which I adjusted in Adobe Photoshop.

Render Layers

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From left to right: shadow, ground occlusion, beauty (not color corrected).