ishpalsingh

how do u people create backgrounds for ur exterior models
could u help me find some?

Woody

I'd recommend a programme called Terragen, you can produce some very pleasing results very quickly.

The company offer a free download but restrict you on the render output size. Still,, buying the product is pretty inexpensive.

PS: I don't work for them.

Tommy L

for animation or stills?

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IC

Using a digital camera.

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ishpalsingh

i mean for stills,
i have read that people use google to search
i want to know the word they use and also how do they increse their resolution

padhia

there is a great resource right on cgarchitect.com! a series of fantastic artciles/ tutorials by Brian Smith, http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/VI/default.asp

scroll down, you will see one titled "a little background information"

enjoy!

Tommy L

For stills you can use any photo you like. If you have access to the site, go take a picture. If is an imaginary project, find something on google, scan in a photo, do whatever. The most 8important thing is to have a clear image in your mind of what you want to acheive. It sounds like you want to learn but dont know what to do. Just follow some tutorials first.

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3D_IC

TommyL hit the nail on the head.
Get a digital camera and get out there!

stef.thomas

Not necessarily what you're after, but I just wanted to share this idea that I used on a recent project. For a location-specific background for an animation I used Google Earth.

1. Zoom in on your location and tilt down to almost ground level. Turn on terrain.
2. Navigate to the centre of your site and starting facing north take a series of 16 images rotating round another point of the compass each time.
3. In Photoshop crop the images width by 50% to reduce the amount of overlap, then use photomerge to stitch them together.
4. Scale up the image and apply a slight blur to reduce pixelation.
5. Use the magic wand to select and delete the default blue sky colour and bring in a panoramic sky of your own on a separate layer.
6. Offset the sky layer to align the sun part of the sky with south on your landscape. Merge together and save.
7. Map onto a cylindrical plane around your site model, again aligning south on your map with south on the model.

That's it! A wee bit laborious I know but worth it depending on the context. Here are a couple of images from the animation I used this on.

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Ray

The word I use is . . .[looks around to make sure no one is listening] . . . 'farquart.'