outside images

[cakewalkr7]

I've seen some awesome interior shots where through the windows you can see the yard, trees and sky. I know that for skies, a panaramic sky image mapped to the inside of a cylinder is how that's accomplished, but is the yard the same thing or are the yard shots an image mapped to a plane parallel with the window? And, does anyone know of good tutorials on creating my own panormic images? Do I need anything more than my digital camera and photoshop? Thanks.

[kippu]

i usually put the background images in the environment slot of max and tweak it.... just any digital image or any photo will do fine

[ipxstudios]

I sometimes render my windows black then place the environment map in photoshop so you can adjust the position, lighting and brightness

[mcorrea]

When you render the background in black do you set the reflections in ps also?

 

thanks.

[ipxstudios]

usually works well with an exterior shot where you are creating reflections from behind the camera. Interiors - you render a separate pass with black environment and tweak in PS.