Distorted lens?...

[VCRUPI]

Hi all,

 

I was wondering if anyone using 3ds max 7 with Brazil r/s 1.2 may know of a way to distort a camera to make a house look longer...i have been playing with the perspective for the camera...but it only gives depth, where i need width.

 

Here is my dilema...i have a house with a side garage and want to show the front of the house primarily, but the garage must also be visible.

 

I know this technique is used when hand rendering homes (distortion, streching) but not quite sure how this would be manipulated in 3d. One more thing, i cannot use any fisheye lenses either, the house must not be distorted to that extreme.

[pmanahan]

In max I have used a small lense like 24, which distorts the view quite a bit and then I applied a deformer like skew, or try another dformer, to the camera and then skewed it back to normal. Some trial and error involved.

 

pmanahan

[William Alexander]

You may want to try a wide angle lens, 24mm-18mm or less. 75-90 degree FOV. Then apply the Camera Correction Modifer to "undistort" or correct the excessive paralax. That typically can create the "architectural" style feeling.

 

 

WDA

[JamesTaylor]

Are these the camera settings that you would suggest for internal views as well wda? I have always felt that the spaces i create for internal appear smaller than they are in reality - have been testing by modeling existing rooms.

 

I appreciate that our eye has a much wider field of view than a camera can achieve but compared to other renders i see i always strugle to create a sense of space

[VCRUPI]

thanks for the responses...