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# 121 16-03-2009 , 05:41 PM

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Excellent gster123, thanks for the tip! I'll give it a go next render! I've done some more tweaking and added some more plants (trying to get some variety in there) but it still needs work doing to it, just going to keep going til the last minute or til me Pc gives up!

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# 122 16-03-2009 , 08:41 PM

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looking pretty good, i see you switched the sky back for cloudless?

have you done something with the footpath? the lines look more... more <missing adjective>

meh, maybe it's just the angle...

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# 123 16-03-2009 , 08:46 PM

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Not done anything to the pavement Chirone, it's the change in the angle of the light, it's brought out the texture more, not sure if I'll stick with it hitting the front of the building or coming from the back, we'll see! have switched it back to cloudless for now as I've not found a good enough one with them yet,another thing to add to the list....

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# 124 16-03-2009 , 08:47 PM

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good clouds are hard to find/create user added image

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# 125 16-03-2009 , 10:31 PM

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Too true Chirone, even when I find a good image with nice looking clouds they just don't seem to fit somehow, or they just look different in the rendered view! Here's another angle with the extra plants,probably won't keep the "For sale" sign though...

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# 126 17-03-2009 , 07:47 AM

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Look in the fluid effects in the visor, load, adjust, render and use as a card in the background or in a comp.

P.S. Did you get the right click going?

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# 127 17-03-2009 , 07:52 AM

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Thanks gster123, I did get the right click going and it is much easier than typing everything in each time! Cheers! I'll have a look in the Visor for the clouds thing, thanks, what do you mean by use as a card though?

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# 128 17-03-2009 , 08:10 AM

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Just simply load it onto a plane with transparancy had have it in the background (like in old movies where they would have the matte painting or a "card" to make it look like the sets extended, in Cg it helps to "sell" detail that might just be a drawing but fools you into thinking its modeled.

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# 129 17-03-2009 , 08:16 AM

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Excellent, I know what you mean, is it best to load the plane in the persp. view? And once you've done that if you pan or zoom the camera does it stay the same size i take it?

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# 130 17-03-2009 , 09:05 AM

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Yes, position it so it looks right with the final camera angle, then as you move in (if you are doing) it will change size

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Cheers for the info, one more thing though, it comes with it's own camera (billow cam or whatever) is it best to use that one or the persp camin your opinion?

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# 132 17-03-2009 , 09:28 AM

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Up to you mate. Use whatever to get the job done, think of the angle of the picture that your after and try to match the perspective of that.

The cameras in the examples are there to show em off, not be a rigid set angle.

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# 133 17-03-2009 , 09:33 AM

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Nice one, cheers for all the help! Have got one rendering at the moment and will post it with clouds included when it's done, will be a long time as I've got it set to only one processor so I can still use maya for other bits!

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# 134 19-03-2009 , 06:53 AM

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Originally posted by Dango77
Have done a render with the light angle on the front of the building, and I'm liking the shadows angle more I think, just need to play about with the intensity etc. And still need to sort out the sky! think I'll give the env. shader a try...

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So you're new to maya? Daaaaaaaamn that's nice. You are very talented. Nice texturing, rendering, bump mapping and everything actually. Very nice work!

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# 135 19-03-2009 , 10:27 AM

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Thanks Pandinus, I'm trying my best! After this comp has finished I'm going to do another house, and take what I've learnt from this one and try to improve. I should have planned it out on paper first, it would have been easier to do in the long run. Anyhow, thanks for the comments!

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