FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Sep 09, 2007 · 26 posts
momodot posted Sun, 09 September 2007 at 7:19 PM
I need a POV that is consitant with a reasonable camera view on a human figure. I prefer cues in the image to help me fing the vanashing point or camera position. I like a lighting scheme I can reasonably emulate in my scene. I also don't buy water in foreground type images because I don't know how to work a figure in them. I find that DAZ Cyclorama scenes are usually too narrow but I sure like having a prop with a floor to it... making your image with a scaled up Nerd's Backdrop Tool would probably be cool... I think that just means putting your horizon line at mid vertical of the image but I am not sure, he has a turtorial I think. My big complaint is when I buy a background is if the only way to frame an image with a human figure scaled and resting on the ground properly results in the head cut off... pictures are often not tall or wide enough... I find because the way Poser works for me at least I have to stitch photos rather than just use a single shot, Poser cameras just don't work like IRW cameras for me. Subject matter I like is domestic interiors. squalrr and decay settings and urban spaces... I have many very nice scenic outdoor settings for cyclorama already. Cheap cheap cheap is also good for me given there are a lot of free images available so it has got to be something I don't have personal access to like a rotten old cottage in the sticks or a rough neighborhood in the city. Boofy has the key, understanding where exactly a Poser figure can inhabit the scene, often ther just isn't the "floor space" to place a full frame Poser figure in proper scale to the image. A cool gimmic is elements like tables, chairs, etc to place figures partially behind to make it more a trick that they are actually in the scene.