NACIS 2016 Presentation Charles Preppernau, National Geographic Partners Manuel Canales, National Geographic Partners The print and web products for the Yellowstone Volcano required integration of GIS data and 2D illustrations into a 3D scene in Cinema 4D, while preserving correct spatial relationships and staying within the limits of the hardware and software. We present our process for displaying high-resolution, spatially-accurate terrains and cross sections in this talk. While we used Cinema 4D as our 3D modeling and rendering software, these methods can also be used in Blender.

1. Mapping
the
Yellowstone
Caldera

2. Research

3. Research

4. Initial sketches

5. Initial sketches

6. Preserving spatial relations without coordinate
systems

7. Multipass rendering

8. Lighting

9. Lighting

10. Lighting

11. Lighting

12. Atmosphere

13. Atmosphere

14. Atmosphere

15. Vector representation

16. Vector representation

17. Vector representation

18. Final compilation

22. Geyser animation