Devin Johnston Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've got RPC's and AXYZ people but I'm looking for another option probably billboards and I wanted to know what you guy's thought was the best option. I've been looking at the Spine3D Green Screen collection but I'm not sure those are the best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I fancy the epictor people, and there's always the vyonyx free people. Used a couple of Spine's images but liked that a lot of the other collections are already alpha'd Lots out there, but epictor has been my favorite so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sanchez Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I too was looking at the Spine3d people and started a thread a while back asking if anybody had them so that they can let me know how nice they are but nobody answered. So I didn't get them, instead I got a couple of different people libraries from Dosch Design and I'm really happy with them. Superb quality, good white balance, nice alphas... relatively good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I really like Epictor too... they are pretty nice and not so recognizable as a lot of the other collections available... and if I have time I try to use my own stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I think we get the most use out of Epictor and Vyonx here, though bang for buck go to Got3d. Though they have a lot of images that are in direct sun which makes comping on some scenes impossible. As for 3d or 2s, it will be a long time before I use 3d again. I used them a lot for awhile, but I got really tired of the limited selection, and the polygony look. We are billboarding most stuff now as it is the quickest way for compositing, and offers a fair amount of flexibility. As for Spline3d's collection. I haven't used them, but they would work well for close up shots or condo shots. I would probably avoid them if you are looking to do action shots of larger spaces as they are stiff looking, like most green screen people are. I think most of the other collections were shot on the street without people knowing, so their body movements are more natural. Maybe we should make our own collection. Everyone that wants to participate cuts out 10 high quality people from shots they have taken, and then we distribute to the group that participated. I would rather keep the group small amongst the regulars and frequent posters here so they don't turn up on a torrent feed the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've thought of suggesting that for a while now... but like you said, control over distribution is hard... if anyone wants to give it a go, count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnold Sher Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 yeah, we are in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Maybe we should make our own collection. Everyone that wants to participate cuts out 10 high quality people from shots they have taken, and then we distribute to the group that participated. I would rather keep the group small amongst the regulars and frequent posters here so they don't turn up on a torrent feed the next day. Be careful! If you don't get the person in the photo's permission to use their image you could get sued. Check out Nick's post here - http://forums.cgarchitect.com/37331-new-entourage-website-2d-people-skies-epictor.html#post260093 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Thanks for the responses guy's, I like the epictor people the most so I'll probably pick some of them up but the Dosch people aren't bad either. When you use these 2d people do you add them to your 3D scene or add them in post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 The Epictor people are great Devin and really high resolution too. Personally I always add them in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Sanchez Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) the dosch ppl are nice devin.. and if you buy using trinity3d, you could get them 10 dollars cheaper, and they have very nice customer service, trinitry3d that is. I needed a particular set of ppl inmediately so I called trinity and the kind lady worked with me all day to try to get the dosh crew (who r based in Germany I believe) to send me digital copy of the set right away. I add my ppl in post Edited February 2, 2011 by sancheuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Thanks for the responses guy's, I like the epictor people the most so I'll probably pick some of them up but the Dosch people aren't bad either. When you use these 2d people do you add them to your 3D scene or add them in post? I add them in post, but I might do a dummy render, with some 6'0" boxes for height and scale reference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I added them purely in Photoshop for awhile, but now I do a combination, and it has greatly increased my productivity when it comes to people. Because I start compositing them vary early in a project I am constantly getting a sense of the scale and feel of the place. I do typically on place background people in the actual render, though sometimes I place foreground also. The attached image show background people rendered into the image. I will then take this raw plate in Photoshop, do the necessary curves and levels and over painting to get the feel I want, then comp the background and comp foreground people. In the end I guess it is up to the individual artist. But I just feel doing some of this in the raw render has good speed implications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just found this company http://www.viz-people.com/ and they had exactly what I needed. I've been looking for a pregnant woman for a particular rendering I'm doing and no one except these guy's had any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 if you need more, this library has a pregnant woman, also a lot of great stroller and parent/child people. Only downside is they are all sunlit so it takes a bit of post to use them well indoors. http://store.got3d.com/products/44-summer-people-textures/index.html http://store.got3d.com/products/44-summer-people-textures/pages/3d-people-0123.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easy3dsource Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 This is obviously a bit of a plug, but as an active member here I would also suggest checking out some of the libraries for sale on my site, easy3dsource.com. The current libraries I have available have a lot of variety and are shot at high resolution. I'm also looking to release another set of textures soon that are even higher resolution as well. I would also argue that in terms of "bang for buck" the textures I offer are very well priced for the quality. While we're on the topic of textures, I'd love to know everyone's opinion on what textures they feel are most useful in their day to day work; rather than taking a shot in the dark at developing new products, it would be great to know if there's something in particular that the community feels is lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Texture libraries have never been that helpful to me because they almost never look right strait out of the box and require a lot of tweaking. Many times they have very high settings which might make them look good but are very slow to render, or they just tile badly and aren't much use. I think the most useful texture libraries would be procedural with a lot of detail, I've never seen one like that so I'd start there. I'm really surprised after all these years there isn't a more realistic 3D option for people, we've got pretty much ever aspect of rendering nailed down from grass, trees and plants to cars but people seem to be that last piece of the puzzle that no one can figure out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) FYI.... Today's Ronen Bekerman's Free Friday contains 6 people images from Viz-People. Edited February 4, 2011 by Crazy Homeless Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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