I have quite a few dressed characters but can't seem to find the 'one' setting that brings everything together or when I finally do, its been rendered to death with in the galleries :)...like the awful soul scenes. I've tried creating backrounds and such in postwork but it never really works out. Bottomline...I hate rendering on a solid black/white backround. So...suggestions? Freestuff or Marketplace...just about anyplace but Turbo Squid. Just grabbed the fantasy bathhouse from Daz...any other ideas welcome on stuff from over there as well. Thanks for reading, -Des

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Take a look at the TransPond (judith & chrisjol) scenes - Most of my all-time favorites are in their collection. I think they have a couple here, but their newer ones are at Runtime DNA. A particular favorite is the "DarkLord's Realm". I used it as the starting point in my 'Runaways...' render in my gallery. The link is to judith's page here.

Daz has the the cyclorama that can create realistic (and inexpensive) back drops for your figures. There's also the backdrop tool sold here, which is awsome--also cheap. If you have one of these you can map your own digital photos onto them and have limitless possibilites.

Personally I like working on the back drop in adobe photoshop so i have much better control of things. For under water scenes it rules . What kind of backdrops were you looking for ?? Theres plenty of dungeons and sci fi backdrops . I love transponds stuff . They have a new one called "Toil and Trouble" . Thing about there stuff is camera angle . You can make 1000's of different looking backdrops from each product . Change the lighting or change the camera angle , its all there. Daz's has a new one called " Multiplane Cyclorama " is pretty good and easy to use. It takes 2d photos and makes a back ground but it lacks some for shadowning and real 3d look. If you like Victorian stuff there are some real good rooms out there with lots of nice add - on textures and furniture .
For sci-fi stuff DNA is were you want to go.

The best deal for scenes for me is still poserworld. Many different settings, of unsurpased quality, all for a subscription price that buys you just 2 or 3 products otherwise. Stefan

Depends on the type of scene you're going for. Transpond has one I'd like to get one day over at RDNA. It's like a fantasy castle.
Ironharts houses are great. MnD have some good scenes.  Andix's Worldz is cool and one of my favorites.

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Stefan : What kind of Scenes are you talking about at poser world ??? some thing like transponds stuff or a flat back drop kind of thing ?

Opps forgot about " Dolly " he has some good stuff here as well .

I make my own in Bryce. ::ducking::

Des - I'd suggest thinking the other way round. Get some good books on photography (those guys have lots of things to teach us 3D people). Read a few, and pay attention to your own reactions. What do you like, what captures your attention and interest. Repeat the procedure with a few good picture-laden books about art history (or go to www.artrenewal.org). It will teach you what YOU want to do. Before you know it, you might have a half-dozen scenes or examples in mind of pics, you'd like to do. THEN go surfing the freestuff and vendors for the stuff you'll need. Don't bother if it's been used before, it wasn't used the way YOU are going to use it ;o) Both the Statue Of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower have been photographed to death, but they're still photographing'em !

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The poserworld scenes ar modeled, not flat backdrops. In this regard they are similar to transponds. But the focus more on modern and historic themes than on fantasy ( but many of the historical are usefull for fantasy as well. Also different to transponds there ar as many interiors as outdoor scenes. Just browse the previews. Stefan

As a photographer I extensively use my own and others photos for scenes and backgrounds. With a bit of creative cut/paste/clone, etc., you can come up with some very interesting scenes and backdrops. Most good graphic editing programs allow you to change colors and all sorts of neat things with your graphic BG [but everybody probably already knows this!]. I have comped parts from as many as 6 photos to get a scene just the way I want it. Of course you can't get a figure to sit on a chair in a photo BG, but you can add your own chair prop and plop the figure in it. I have been working on a tutorial on manipulating photos for use in Poser scenes...but is taking forever. As to the Transpond scenes...the DarkLord's Realm and SylvanHolm sets are two of the most versatile scenic props in my Poser folder.

Don't forget that you can paste any 2D image you want on the One Sided Square prop in your Poser props.

I agree with mondoxjake , But for me its is much easyer to make renders of individual items ( Trees , people , furniture ..... ) in poser then save them as a TIFF and bring them all into photoshop and work with them there in layers. A tiff saves the alpha channels so your figure is already to go no raggity edges . This gives you a much cleaner more 3d looking photo than a straight render in poser. But thats just my opinion. Only real draw back is lighting is very limmited so it doesnt work for all types of scenes . But i like the drop shadows better in adobe than poser .

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You can build rooms and houses in IMSI floorplan and texture in the materials room.

Gotta go with Leather guy. I own a few Transpond sets, and they are MAGNIFICENT.

If you have Poser 5.... the Content CD has several backrops and props that you can use....