Help..Juxtaposition

[mrmarc]

Hi.I am new to arcviz and i would like to place my building in its actual context..how do i do this?Do i recereate the surrounding in the software i'm using or can i do it in photoshop?and what is the process..please help

[Bwana Kahawa]

A lot of it depends on what information you have to work from, the level of detail required and the complexity of the surroundings. Do you have photos of the site?

[mrmarc]

yeah i do

[Scott Schroeder]

You can place your building in the photo, but you need to know three major things from the photograph. Height of the camera, lens of the camera (is it 35mm, 50mm?), and angle of the camera (is it level, pointed up, pointed down?). If you don't line up any one of those three, you life will be a nightmare trying to accurately line up your photograph to your model.

 

You simply re-create that camera in 3ds max, or whatever software, and render out a shot of your building. You can either include the picture as a background in the render or simply put the render and the photograph together in Photoshop.

[mrmarc]

thanks alot..will try it out.which do you think gives the best result?

[Scott Schroeder]

Rendering the building, then doing the compositions in post. Taking the time to do adjustments in post like Photoshop is always the better route.

[mrmarc]

thanks