TheOwl opened this issue on Mar 20, 2013 · 6 posts
TheOwl posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 2:23 PM
1.) I would like to know how can I combine a photo background and a character render that they would look realistically convincing together?
2.) How can I setup to angle the camera the same as the photo so that the characters will be accurately placed?
Can anyone post a tutorial or point me to one? Thank you.
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Miss Nancy posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 3:23 PM
use hdr background on envsphere. figure illuminated by surrounding hdr, which is also background.
trying to match figure lighting to ordinary 8-bit non-panoramic jpeg in poser no longer necessary IMVHO, thx to hdr/envsphere.
Ragtopjohnny posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 7:02 PM
Ooooooo --- where do we fnd that envsphere Miss Nancy???????
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TheOwl posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 7:13 PM
Attached Link: https://sites.google.com/site/bagginsbill/free-stuff/environment-sphere
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shvrdavid posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 8:00 PM
Type camera matching into Google and look at the videos that explain how to match the angles. (there are a lot of them.) Any of them can be applied to Poser, doesn't matter what they were created in. All of them are going to explain how to figure it out with a primitive or low res model.
The main shadow lighting can be figured out at the same time, just remember to use an infinite light or a spot light that is as far away from the center of the scene as possible.
Fill lighting can be created with just about any HDR image with similar colors as the background you are trying to match. You can also do some of the light matching in a paint program on both layers. The background, and the render you are pasteing over it.
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Ragtopjohnny posted Wed, 20 March 2013 at 8:21 PM
Thanks Owl! Checking it out NOW. 
Poser Pro 2012/3DS Max 2013/Adobe Photoshop Elements 10/Zbrush/
PC: HP Z820 Workstation, 3.30 ghz 8 core Intel Processor, 2gig nvidia Quadro, 16 gig of Ram and 2TB Hard Drive.