l8sho opened this issue on Mar 17, 2009 · 9 posts
l8sho posted Tue, 17 March 2009 at 8:48 AM
Is there anyway to control the size and distortion of a backdrop in D/S? Also is there a way to turn it into a simple wall?
mishamcm posted Tue, 17 March 2009 at 8:57 AM
You can use a plane primitive, set it to the size you need, and apply the image as a texture -- then you can move it around where you like and maintain the dimensions.
l8sho posted Tue, 17 March 2009 at 9:02 AM
Thanks. Does that mean it will reflect shadows and the like?
mishamcm posted Tue, 17 March 2009 at 9:05 AM
Yes, it will receive shadows.
l8sho posted Tue, 17 March 2009 at 9:07 AM
Great. Thanks.
l8sho posted Sat, 28 March 2009 at 7:44 AM
Ugh. I've been doing this, but it just occurred to me that when I apply a photo as the surface of the plane primitive, the photo stretches to the size of the plane. I need to maintain the dimensions of the photograph. Is there a way to do that?
mishamcm posted Sat, 28 March 2009 at 8:27 AM
Set the dimensions of the plane to the aspect ratio of the photo.
l8sho posted Sat, 28 March 2009 at 8:54 AM
Create new primitive doesn't have dimensions, only size. Do you just do it through the scaling options in the surface menu?
mishamcm posted Sat, 28 March 2009 at 9:12 AM
Create the plane, then go to the Parameters tab and use the Scaling dials to set it to the size you need.