Forum: Carrara

Subject: 2nd try- need more advice, please.

bitdaf opened this issue on May 12, 2000 ยท 6 posts

bitdaf posted Fri, 12 May 2000 at 1:29 PM

Hi- I tried to follow the great suggestions I got on this pic and this is the revision- I was unable to do anything with the fence slats- I tried to "jump in" but apparently can't isolate the boards- it breaks down into the posts and the fence itself; only. So I couldn't rough up and vary the individual boards- bummer. I did however work with the lighting, add my own moon, add a plane to cover the visible infinite plane thru the boards, etc... The lighting is a bulb set about 60ft above and behind the fence to try to simulate "moonglow". How did I do with that? I need to add one more object (don't know what yet) to complete the scene. Ssomething to make a story out of it... Please offer some more advice or suggest tips. Thanks you! Daf

Spanfarkle posted Fri, 12 May 2000 at 3:13 PM

Or better yet, put Elvis' name on the guitar, and put a U.F.O. in the background.

bluezman posted Fri, 12 May 2000 at 3:30 PM

My suggestion is to save the full image then crop just the guitar sitting against the bench. The moon although nice looking competes with the guitar for attention. And that guitar deserves our full attention. Blues-

ClintH posted Fri, 12 May 2000 at 4:39 PM

Wow - Very nice. Good improvements. Clint

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bitdaf posted Fri, 12 May 2000 at 7:24 PM

Thanks everybody! I have a bus stop sign ready to go- in fact I've had it in and out several times- can't decide. LOL! So- do you think the lighting is convincing? I mean like it's actually from the moon? I might try using the "anything glows" on an object just in front of the moon- will that work..I wonder. Thanks again for all the help- I'll post the final here soon- Daf

AzChip posted Thu, 18 May 2000 at 2:01 PM

I think it's an enormous improvement! I don't think I buy the lines of light coming from the moon, though.... And the lighting on the bench and guitar seems to be coming from directly overhead, not behind as they would be if the lighting were only from the moon. That's OK, though, if you give us some indication of a street light or something.... As for the last element, maybe a beer bottle on its side in front of the bench....