Okay got a few questions. In the Standard rendering (4:3) I am getting 2800 pixels by 2100 pixels. Is their anyway of setting my page to 2800x2200 using the user define before I start laying out my picture? Right now my picture is being stretched to fit the larger size. I don't want this to happen. So should I render just the atmoshere before laying my picture out? Will this prevent it from stretching it? Okay something else I need help on. I have to same my renderings in CMYK, LZW compressed TIF format. No RGB formatted images, us there anyway I can do this in VUE4? Thanks for any help. White Bear

Hi little Bear ! You can render your scene at the size and the aspect ratio that you need : in the render option select the aspect ration (4:3, 18:13, 10:7, 8:3,etc... or "free - user defined") and the render size. The size you need is not a standard aspect ratio, you have to select "free-user defined" and then set the size of the image manualy. You can't render an image in CMYK with VUE (and with no other 3D softwares). CMYK is a print color format, computer screens always work in RGB. To get a CMYK image you need to separate the color layers(Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) in a 2D image editing software (Photoshop, Photo Impact,etc...). One thing that you should notice : CMYK image are not as bright as RGB image, therefore adjust the contrast of the image and the color saturation before doing the conversion. If you need more information about print formats, go in the "printing" forum. :) Eric

Eric, Thanks for the info on the printing. On the aspect ratio, I had selected 4:3 standard to render the picture initially. This gave me a 2800x2100 pixel format. Then I realized I needed 2800x2200, so I used user define to render the image. The imaged stretched. If I render the image as soon as I start the file with my atmosphere selection will this prevent it from looking stretched? What do you think? White Bear

White Bear, How do you mean by stretched? Is the image getting distorted, or is it showing parts of the scene that where out of frame at the 4:3 ratio (which is what should be happening). By increasing the width, you are also adjusting the original ratio...in theory you are taking a picture with a differant format of film. To be honest, at print resolution 100 pixels extra on the width, equats to only between .5 inch and .3 inch (at 150dpi or 300dpi), and would not be worth worrying about. Most publishers would be quite happy to take the original 4:3 ratio image, and crop the height slightly of the finished render to fit their required ratio...well, they do with my images ;o) Cheers

Cheers, I guess it just looks like it is stretching, I guess. Oh well I will see what my finished product looks like when I render the final. Thanks for all the info!!! White Bear