cyberdoc opened this issue on Sep 25, 2006 ยท 7 posts
cyberdoc posted Mon, 25 September 2006 at 10:10 PM
I have been working a little with poser 5 now and one thing that keeps confounding me is how do I add a backdrop for wide angle scenes? If I try to add it as a background image it screws up when I rotate the scene. Is it possible to move the background image once inside of Poser? Or would I be better off creating a massive one sided primitive and using, say a 1024x768 image as a texture on it? I am wanting to create more open scenes but at the moment keep hitting this roadblock. Help would be greatly appreciated.
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Also if I importa background image it wants to either resize the working area or scales the background image.. ARRGH
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markschum posted Mon, 25 September 2006 at 11:13 PM
have a look at the Daz cyclorama. It provides pretty much what you are looking for
thefixer posted Tue, 26 September 2006 at 2:40 AM
DAZ's Millenium environment would be even better because that offers a full 360 view and a sky dome!
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cyberdoc posted Tue, 26 September 2006 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for the advice. But I have to wonder how it was done before these products came along. I am doing my best to keep costs down as I learn how to use this software. Besides exporting the figures and using paintshop is there another way?
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thefixer posted Wed, 27 September 2006 at 2:33 AM
The millenium environment and Cyclorama are props that use inside Poser and they are relatively cheap.
I use them quite a lot but I also use Vue 5I but if you're worried about cost that wouldn't be a good thing for you, if costs are limited and believe me I know what you mean, then the ME or Cyclorama would be your best bet!
Hope that helps!
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EnglishBob posted Wed, 27 September 2006 at 4:08 AM
Attached Link: http://www.morphography.uk.vu/dlprop.html
I never use Poser's background image import, unless it's temporarily to hold a reference image for a portrait or something like that. Applying your image to a square prop gives you a lot more flexibility; you can also use a basic backdrop box like mine (download it at the link). At other times, I prefer to composite the background image in an external program. If you can't afford Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, The Gimp is free and will do the job for you just as well.
cyberdoc posted Wed, 27 September 2006 at 7:49 AM
Thanks again for the responses. I truly appreciate them. I snagged your backdrop box as well Englishbob. Still learning things as I go, so all the help is really appreciated. I will look at the ME and the Cyclorama as finances permit. They look cool but until I learn the program better its hard for me to justify spending money on anything I cant use 100%.
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