Saturday, 22 August 2009

Photorealistic vs Non-photorealistic timelapse

Taken from Digital Urban, a great comparison test of two different skyline timelapses in different rendering styles. The first one is in photorealistic style and the second one in cartoon-rendered form (processed using the After Effects 'Cartoon' option). The interesting bit, as pointed out in Digital Urban, is that the skyline is much clearer in the latter.


While frame coherence is (expectedly for such a rapidly paced animation) not as good on the NPR timelapse, this is a good example of how alternative rendering can achieve better urban visualizations in terms of detail distinction and depth perception. The timelapse is of London, captured from a Camden building roof.

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