This is the end of this chapter, but you can finish much more in this project. As in the previous chapter, adding blur and film grain on the layers will make the painting appear more film-like. If you’re feeling ambitious, comping in video footage of flames on the bridge and in the background cities will take this piece to another level. Similarly, you can animate the motion of the lava waterfalls and chimney smoke, and add rising steam from the lava deposits to add to the realism.
Remember, because this piece was set up using precomps, all the video elements can be added into the 2D comps, and their contribution will update in the final scene. The sky is the limit!
A more complex version of the scene, named ViewOfHadesMoreAnimation.aep, with more animation but no video footage, is available on the DVD. A more complex version of this project, which includes the aforementioned fire and smoke footage, ViewOfHadesFinal.mov, is also on the DVD. It’s at half resolution to save space.