JOELGLAINE opened this issue on Jul 29, 2009 · 47 posts
momodot posted Thu, 30 July 2009 at 10:11 AM
Attached Link: Ockham
Good luck... the key is having fun I think. Yeah, though... someone like me, I put together a character and then I just want a good looking one-click scene solution to place it in for the renders.Building a proper scene involves so much set dressing and so much texture/mesh resources but a little all-in one interior such as the Vanity set with wallpaper, light scones, and curtains is a one-click solution for a rendered rather than composited background... Richabri's Vanity Set is a great example... a simple three-sided set with two items of furniture, in-scene light props, and props of personal accessories to dress the scene - all with believable well proportioned IRW style/design. A very practical one-click scene to drop your figures into.
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=27252&keyword=vanity
Richabri is good with providing comprehensive scenes that are light on the machine. I still want his chess match scene. He usually deals with windows I believe... I am so frustrated when interior scenes don't deal with the view outside the windows and I must place a building or extrerior of some sort behind it... I prefer not to drop photographic background behind rendered scenes unless they are really really well integrated... semi-painted or painted seem to work better. I have been wanting a blinds and curtain and taped up newspapers or taped together plastic garbage bag kit to cover up all these windows that stare out into the void of the Poser Universe ;)
Hard to find aside from with the Nike/vikike176 dia-ramas is an exterior scene that is one-click and ready-to-go with ground plane, mid ground set dressing, far-ground, background panarama and sky or sky-dome included. the Nike stuff is based I believe on how sets are done in theatre on the stage with a well articulated ground and mid-ground leading to prop "cheats" that knit the scene a believable background painting.
muralist was notible in providing full ground planes and panoramic backgrounds for his scenes but I see few reamain at RMP.
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=94968
I must mention Mapps/RichardPhoto who sell very affordable modular scene construction sets... a tremendous value and they come with many .pz3 pre-set scenes of great sophistication and very generous associated props of personal articals for set dressing. I try to buy as many as I can and I think every one else should too! The only thing that mars their sets (although again they are a TREMENDOUS value) is certain props like the chair they often use that just doesn't match the styling of any chair I have encountered IRW so I find myself replacing a few of therir generous stock of included props such as the chairs or doors with those of my own construction but find myself returning again and again to their scenes because the modularity is so simple and hassle free and I can build either very simple backdrops or the most elaborate constructions with little overhead.
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=43772
Finally I must mention ockham's scenes... very light on resource but again light modular construction sets that are very easy to use and very accurate in the proportion and design of scene elements. Sets such as ockhams and Mapps permit you with just a small number of elements create a great diversity of unique scenes easily... It is funny that although ockham focus on light scenes for toon and animation the accuracy of his design in terms of real world styling makes his scenes better with the right textures used for creating real world scenes than all the fancy stuff available... in your life have you seen more often simple kitchens like the one shown above or those crazy luxury kichens with improbable furniture and fixture designs?
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?vendor=26668