Composition Work

[ZFact]

I am trying to insert a rendering into a photograph..

 

The existing photograph has alot of planting in the

foreground which I would like to keep in the foreground

of the final image.

 

Is there any tips / tricks out there that would make this an

easier task and a better job than simply cutting the rendering

around the planting?

[STRAT]

apply the forground photo to your model as a proxy image.

 

that is, like apply it to a separate plane infront of your model where it would be on a shadow/matte material if its in viz/max, or for example a frontal mapped material in cinema 4d.

 

it should interact nicely into your scene making your post photoshop work a tad easier.

[ZFact]

Hi Stephen;

Im using C4D... the final image will use part of the background

of the image and part of the foreground. Do I drop the same

photograph into the background scene object and the foreground

scene object.. Or do I need to do some pre photshop work

to create the foreground image? Does this make sense?

[IHAB]

I did this long time ago,I used the background pic at first in max to adjust camera & rendered.Then used the background again in photoshop to place the trees infont of the bridge.

PS the background pic is the lake without that bridge.

[ZFact]

its the cutting the trees out in the foreground to sit infront

of the bridge... thats what im having trouble doing.

 

I know you can spend the time and cut around each branch

twig and leaf but i am wondering is there any tricks out

there to make this process of composition speedier

[IHAB]

its not like that, you firstly render the scene with the background,then use the background in photoshop by magicwand+some feather selection & y're done! it is the easiest part m8

[ZFact]

Ok

 

thanks anyway for the help Ihab & Stephen;

I'll try the olf magic wand and feather tool...