I've been working on a new image and am having some difficulty with the sizing of a figure based on distance. I know the farther away a figure is the smaller it should get but am not sure if the sizing is correct in this image, specifically the boat. As I am a newbie I come to you guys/girls the professionals for assistance. HELP!!!!!!!

The sizes look ok to me. Only the sand texture... but this is something you know already i am sure. Perspective. You are right, the further away onjects are the smaller they look. My experience is to trust 3D programs. They do perspective looks very well and very correct. IF WE LET THEM DO IT. So my advice always is to size the objects relative to each other correctly. Then you will always be correct and not in trouble when you move the camera in the scene to find the best pov for a specific setting.

Honestly, the boat in the background looks a little small to me. Taking the image as a whole, the sailboat doesn't look like its very far away from the beach. I think that it should be bigger if it is going to be that close. And possibly make the palm trees a little bit bigger, too. (Hope you don't mind me playing around with your image. I'll delete it if you want me to.)

Well, that's my opinion, anyway. Take it or leave it, I don't mind! :-)

HTH,

Mike

Hi, I always find that if I make the boat BIG, I mean really big, then move it as far away from the shore as possible it looks better.I just zoom out in Vue till I get the circle the shows then place the boat near that. Hope this helps.

Thanks for all your tips, I'll have to play around with the image to get the correct look. I thought the boat looked a little small.

I guess this shows why I can never get my models scaled right in Vue. I thought the first image looked better scaled than the second with larger sail boat. Just my opinion. Jilly you gave some good advice of which I wull try the next time I make an image. Thanks.

One trick that I use, especially if I'm going to do an image with DOF, I'll use the virtual camera as the base size to start from. For instance, if there is a human figure in the scene, I'll scale the figure until the "camera" is the size of a real camera as compared to the figure. (Does that make sense to anyone but me? Lol!) Then I can scale everything else in the scene to the figure, and everything should come out right. This really helps with DOF, but it can be used with any scene.

HTH,

Mike

The boat in the background looks great. You may try resizing the house to just fit under the top border of your image. You could find moving it a bit more to complete this. The boat in the foreground...looks like a child's toy. Like wise the twig also looks more like a tree than beach wash. I also noticed the beach is very bright, after you've toned done the light source some, you may try playing with the material settings for futher brightening. Otherwise this has the makings of a wonderful render! = )

Here's the updated image. A little resizing done and added some texture to the sand. Also did a little post work in PSP. It's not done yet, still some more adjustments to make.

Are you trying to make the rowboat life size? Is that really a twig I see? = )

Haven't gotten around to changing them yet. I don't have any models that look like driftwood, any ideas how I can make a dead tree look similar???

Found my driftwood. Here's the final results of all my tinkering. Thank you for everyone's advice and input. I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Very nice. I really like the sand, and that is an outstanding texture on the driftwood.

The driftwood looks real nice, as did your last prop, but I still ca'nt tell if that is a real or toy boat in the foreground. = )

Personal opinion,boat still looks a bit small,and I find that (although natural)white sand can look like salt/suger/snow. Some seaweed or seashells would help with the sub-conscious clues,but I'd prefer yellow sand. As for 'size' I have found 'instinct' is a worthy guide. If a pic looks wrong,it is usually your instinct telling you (though not always 'what')If it looks right,it may be,if it doesn't,keep changing,till it 'feels right.Don't forget to stand back,distance can help,so can 'Full-screen' viewing. Good Luck

The sand was yellow in color until I "enhanced???" the picture in Photoshop. For some reason it made the sand look like it does. As for the small wooden boat I took it out of the picture completely for now. I saved the scene and put it aside and plan to work on it at another time. Some times taking a break from a scene will refresh your thoughts and give you a new perspective when you come back to it at a later time. I thank everyone for their input and will post a message when the final version is ready.