Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrait mode”

Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by danpalmer on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @02:09PM (#18602661)

Yep, most are. In fact CGI effects studio The Mill have a shell of a car that can expand/contract to fit the proportions of most regular cars, that can record its surrounds enough to build the environment for rendering, and that can be driven in place of the real car when shooting.

The car being advertised is then edited in over the top, using the recorded environment to ensure accurate lighting and colours.

http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3002/the-blackbird

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by jonas21 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @02:53PM (#18603049)

That's really cool! Here's a video with more details:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBC5bwV5y0

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by jscissr on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:32PM (#18603771)

I noticed the CGI cars in this clip don't have drivers in them.

How would they add a driver for an actual ad? I think cars are much easier than humans to do photo-realistically in CGI. Or do they just show the car in a way such that you can't see that there's no driver?

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by npunt on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:12PM (#18604366)

I'd assume they'd just use window tint if they're cheap, or the same stuff used in movies to drop actors in if they're not.

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Re:Samsung used my DSLR photo to fake their phone’s “portrai... by nathancahill on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:32PM (#18603769)

Wow.

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