As part of the enviromental impact report into the proposed fishmeal factory at Sellaness a series of 6 images was produced.

These show the factory and pier extension from various viewpoints in the surrounding area as a guide to the visual impact, and also to give a clear view of what is being proposed and how it would fit into the existing landscape

Starting from the engineering CAD drawings we were then able to create a 3d model of the whole area, with everything in he right location and to the right scale.

With the photos of the existing views on the computer too we then aligned a virtual camera to match the location and properties of the photos exactly.

move mouse over image to see the existing view

In the case of the aerial photo there was no budget to shoot a specific image, and so the best available photo had to be reworked to cover the area needed. This meant painitng in a large part of the background using other photos as reference. The area covered on the existing photo can be seen in the "before" shot above by moving your mouse over the picture.

move mouse over image to see the existing view

The detailed textures and materials were built up from photos of similar materials and added to the 3d models which were then rendered and added to the photos, with lots of extra compositing work carried out to match colours and lighting and to make everything sit well together in the final images

move mouse over image to see the existing view


The completed series of images, including cleaned up "before shots" was supplied to the client on disk for inclusion in their final enviromental imapct report, as well as possible future web and print use.