lylemills Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I am having a bit of trouble working some 2D people and vehicles into an illustration and making them appear correct. The perspective looks off. I have been trying to photograph my own entourage to save some $$$ and start my own library. Are there any tricks to compositing in Photoshop to get the proper perspective - especially with vehicles? Does anyone know of any good online tutorials on the subject? I have looked all over and no one seems to approach it. I can find vids and tuts on everything but. Any advice or links would be greatly appreciated. PS ~ I primarily work in NPR or digital/hybrid techniques so photo realism is not necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberstyle Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 You are actualy asking the 'trick' behind a very basic and fundamental drawing technique, and that is understanding "vanishing points". Do a google search on the topic and it will help you out a lot. Once you get a grasp of it (really easy) you'll be able to composite your people, cars etc.. with more convincing results, and also identify which of your stock 2d library files will work in your image and what wont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Norfolk Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I don't comp vehicles, it's very difficult to get the perspective right. for human figures, i scatter 6' poles around as guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lylemills Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thank you for the responses. Yes, finding the vanishing points in my illustrations and drawing guide lines through them is definitely helping out with the placement and selection of entourage. A very simple and fundamental technique indeed that I have overlooked! I guess this doesn't really apply to people as they are not "geometric" shapes. I have found the suggestion of placing a horizontal line in the image and positioning all people's eye level along that line. Then just scale them up or down depending on how close they should be to the camera position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Norfolk Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I have found the suggestion of placing a horizontal line in the image and positioning all people's eye level along that line. Then just scale them up or down depending on how close they should be to the camera position. This only works if your camera and target's height is eyelevel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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