ivanjay Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hello, I am looking for business people and chef's to insert into Max for our renderings. Currently, we use archvision photoshop people. They work fine but it is a post production step that takes time and looks unnatural (no shadows, etc.) Anyone know of any max people (business dressed). Chef's are never easy to find but if they are out there that would be very helpful as well. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epelj1 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You could try http://www.axyz-design.com/ for the business people. Also, I checked http://www.doschdesign.com/ just now, they have business people as well as a chef. I'm sure there are others.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Archvision people are bad. Even the high are bad. They look unatural, stiff, and have a weird color balance. I would recommend picking up your camera, and shooting some chef photos yourself, and then compositing in Photoshop. As for the shadows, ...it is up to you to develop your PS skills to a point where the look natural. 3d people, while often handy and quick, are best saved for NPR work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasteland giant Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 This is like my medical people thread a few weeks back. Its difficult to find these. As mentioned by the guys who posted in the thread.. they suggested getting a costume. That said, we didn't do anything in the end as .. well, the work was inhouse and there wasn't a real pressing need for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mienq.blom Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 why dont you just google image "chef" or "chef outfit". im sure ud find sumthin. I use Archvisions rpc's in max. it works great - with shadows and everything.. no post tweaking. tada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanjay Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Currently, that is exactly what we are doing. Going on google images punching in chef and boom. We have a library of 5-6 on our end already. I know it doesnt sound like much, but that post production step of 1-2 hours (people, touch up, etc.) x 50 projects up a year adds up to some serious time. I really want to try to eliminate it as best I can. Get it into max, render, slap our logo on it, and out the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy3dsource Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 In regards to business people, you can check out our site (http://www.easy3dsource.com) for a good selection. As for Chef's; I think you just gave us a product to develop! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanjay Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 In regards to business people, you can check out our site (http://www.easy3dsource.com) for a good selection. As for Chef's; I think you just gave us a product to develop! Thanks. Do I get a free copy for the idea? Is this for photoshop or can I use them in Max also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasteland giant Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 In regards to business people, you can check out our site (www.easy3dsource.com) for a good selection. As for Chef's; I think you just gave us a product to develop! Thanks. just had a look. That range you have there is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy3dsource Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Do I get a free copy for the idea? Is this for photoshop or can I use them in Max also? Keep in touch with me on here (or sign up for the mailing list) and I'll do my best to remember you and honor the idea with a discount or something free. Our entourage images are compatible with all software; we supply matching alpha masks, so you can use them directly in your modeling software, or in your post production software of choice. Wasteland Giant; Thanks, we do our best to keep a wide range of elements for entourage, and all of the images are a much higher resolution than what is usually offered (that's the main reason I started easy3dsource). Take a look around and PM me if you see anything you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I don't recall seeing any chef's, but don't forget to the CGA shoppe. Your purchases help support the site! http://shop.cgarchitect.com/ http://shop.cgarchitect.com/textures/people/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanjay Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Keep in touch with me on here (or sign up for the mailing list) and I'll do my best to remember you and honor the idea with a discount or something free. Our entourage images are compatible with all software; we supply matching alpha masks, so you can use them directly in your modeling software, or in your post production software of choice. Wasteland Giant; Thanks, we do our best to keep a wide range of elements for entourage, and all of the images are a much higher resolution than what is usually offered (that's the main reason I started easy3dsource). Take a look around and PM me if you see anything you like. I know we are not supposed to discussing a specific product but your pricing is very good.... Can I rotate the people or is the view I see what we get? Can you pm or email me more information on how I would put these people directly into max. I am not quite sure about alpha channels etc. But, if I didnt have to add people and play with layer masks post production that would save time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSuess Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Here's the problem with so many of these 2d People image catalogs. The images are taken outside in bright sunlight. It makes them unusable for interior renderings. It's so easy to add sunlinght brightness/Contrast in photoshop but almost impossible to remove. The Easy3dsource images may work for daylight exteriors but stay away for interiors and night shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy3dsource Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Tom is right; we always state the lighting conditions in which our photographs were shot. At the moment all our libraries were shot for exterior, well lit scenes, and would definitely take some effort to get the images to blend well otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDVERTEX Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 ... Get it into max, render, slap our logo on it, and out the door You really made me laught Honestly and positive Seriously: The right workaround is to find an image on the net (free or stock) and match it in the render. Normaly you have 4-8 hours hard work in post production per 1 image if you want to make something memorable. Sincerely, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Denby Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Get it into max, render, slap our logo on it, and out the door Ooo, that made me recoil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epictor.com Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Here's the problem with so many of these 2d People image catalogs. The images are taken outside in bright sunlight. It makes them unusable for interior renderings. It's so easy to add sunlinght brightness/Contrast in photoshop but almost impossible to remove. The Easy3dsource images may work for daylight exteriors but stay away for interiors and night shots. indeed the outdoor / indoor situation is not an easy one, though we can offer at least some help here. all our images are tagged and searchable for various stuff including the lighting situation. unfortunately the lighting tag is not explaining itself very well (we will change this at some point). if you are looking for images suitable for indoor setups try filtering by the tag shadow->full the results should be usable for indoor situations without much of a hassle. of course the tags/keywords are searchable on our webpage as well. as for the chef's we can not supply those at the moment, but we got a very nice collection of business people including ones for indoor use. --- how to use 2d entourage? well it comes down to your personal preferences. personally i favor a graphical approach, trying to distort the images a little bit, making them a optical appealing addition to the image. after all the goal of entourage people normally is a) implement a sense of scale and more important b) giving the scene some life we're doing all this in post, but you can easily throw in the images into your host application and use them as simple plates/sprites. (if using in a 3d app, a very fast way to get better shadows is to extrude the persons contour for a shadow throwing object) well enough for now cheers felix p.s.: we will release a tutorial on how to use the image tags to maximize your workflow as well, explaining this feature even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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