This task tests your ability to perform modelling and surfacing in Inspire 3D. No animation is included - that's the next task.

You are to create and render a still image of a household scene. It can be a kitchen, bedroom, dining room or study (see below). It should be as realistic as possible, containg as many (within reason) items as you would expect to see in such a room. Each item should be modelled as a separate object and then included in the final scene, which is to be lit and then rendered.

Choose from the following scenes. You may add extra objects as you see fit, but you need to include at least what is listed next to them (minimum).

1. Kitchen
   • Kitchen bench with sink and taps
   • Food processor
2. Bedroom
   • Bed with linen & pillows
   • Bedside table with a reading lamp on it
3. Dining Room
   • Dining table with chairs to suit
   • Cutlery and drinking glasses (the table is set)
4. Study
   • Study desk with bookshelf (with books) on it
   • Desk lamp
   • Pens and pencils in some kind of holder

Your room should obviously have at least a floor and two walls (maybe a ceiling and other walls). Set them up so that when you position the camera (and view using the camera), it looks realistic.
Surface your walls & floor accordingly.

Remember that the lighting is very important, and should be as realistic as possible. Where are the light sources in these rooms? Model them such.

You may think that this seems way too much for two weeks, and it is; but only if you expect to create super-swanky, rock-on, give-me-a-job-now quality work. You should think mostly about how to model the objects involved and try and get them as geometrically accurate as you can (in the time you have). Choose appropriate surfaces for them (and modify as needed). It helps if you name them well in Modeler. Do not use "Default" for any surfaces.

You can not use any pre-built models that come with Inspire or from anywhere else, but you may use the built-in surfaces.
You may find it helpful to save your personalised surface files (.srf) in case Inspire doesn't remember them for next time. You should save them to your CD, not to the Inspire directory on the hard drive.

Starting on paper is an excellent idea, and will save you a lot of time in the end. Think about the angle you want to view your scene from and where things are going to be, draw it, then consider the issues you need to work out before you run Inspire.

Render the final image at "Medium Resolution" - 640*480 and save it as a JPEG file. Use an Antialiasing setting of "High".

The deliverables will be:

• 1 JPEG image - 640*480
• 1 .lws Inspire 3D Scene file
• n .lwo Inspire 3D Object files (one for each object)

Marking

• Object construction & quality - 3 marks
  How well have the objects been created in Modeler?
• Logical object separation - 1 marks
  Each separate object should be modelled as a separate .lwo object. It is OK to keep some separable things in the one object, but anything that would be better as a separate object should be.
• Surfacing - 2 marks
  Use the most appropriate techniques for getting realistic surfaces. e.g. Does the carpet look like carpet?
• Lighting - 2 marks
  Does the lighting look realistic? Is it too ambient?
• Depth of scene - 2 marks
  Has the bare minimum been done, or has extra effort been put in to achieve a realistic scene?

Submission

This task will be marked by your tutor during the prac session. Make sure it is ready at the start.

Your final JPEG images should also be copied to your tutor's CD-RW during a prac session. If your image is on CD, then copy it to the D drive - Zipshare - first.
If the disk doesn't eject from the machine, you can go into the CreateCD program and step through like you're creating a DirectCD and it should eject.