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    • soloS Offline
      solo
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      @pbacot said:

      Twilight has a tool built-in just for trying out the thirds in a scene and setting up the camera.

      Thea for SU also has it available

      http://www.solos-art.com

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      • ntxdaveN Offline
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        Thanks for sharing the video Pete. Some good advice.

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          Even if the cameraman did use different parts of the windmill to align in each part of the video.

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              • G Offline
                garystan
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                Hey guys :

                                I watched the video. It has some good pointers.  I  cropped the rendering with the "positioning" mentioned in the video.   I hope this looks better.
                
                                                                               garystan
                

                Piano Room v 5.jpg

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                • G Offline
                  garystan
                  last edited by

                  Hey guys :

                                  Hope I'm making any  sketchucation mistakes.  I just wanted to let you guys know that I watched the video.  Some good  ideas there. So I kinda adjusted the  Piano Room....thinking about the postioning.   Hopefully, this is an improvement.
                  
                                                                                     garystan
                  

                  Piano Room v 5.jpg

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                  • tuna1957T Offline
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                    garystan, the scale of the piano is still bothering me. did a quickie search. The measurement from the floor to the bottom of the piano "case" is approximately 28 1/2" ( where your knees go when playing ), from floor to the top of the "lid is 40".your bookcase/credenza seems to dwarf the piano in size. most low bookcases and credenza's are usually 28" - 30" high on average. the next thing is just personal preference. I'd move the camera position to the right where you would have a more raking view of the wall with the bookcase. I'd rotate the piano a little clockwise so your not looking so straight on at it. It would also bring more of the sofa into view. All that said" by george your standing at the plate swinging at the pitches". Keep it up it's how you learn and get better. πŸ‘

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                    • pbacotP Offline
                      pbacot
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                      As far as scale goes, since you asked. I am just imagining someone sitting on that couch and the on the piano seat. Someone who would sit on that seat might have their legs dangling at the couch.

                      How wide is the piano? how long is your guitar?

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                      • G Offline
                        garystan
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                        @tuna1957 said:

                        garystan, the scale of the piano is still bothering me. did a quickie search. The measurement from the floor to the bottom of the piano "case" is approximately 28 1/2" ( where your knees go when playing ), from floor to the top of the "lid is 40".your bookcase/credenza seems to dwarf the piano in size. most low bookcases and credenza's are usually 28" - 30" high on average. the next thing is just personal preference. I'd move the camera position to the right where you would have a more raking view of the wall with the bookcase. I'd rotate the piano a little clockwise so your not looking so straight on at it. It would also bring more of the sofa into view. All that said" by george your standing at the plate swinging at the pitches". Keep it up it's how you learn and get better. πŸ‘
                        quote="tuna1957"]garystan, the scale of the piano is still bothering me. did a quickie search. The measurement from the floor to the bottom of the piano "case" is approximately 28 1/2" ( where your knees go when playing ), from floor to the top of the "lid is 40".your bookcase/credenza seems to dwarf the piano in size. most low bookcases and credenza's are usually 28" - 30" high on average. the next thing is just personal preference. I'd move the camera position to the right where you would have a more raking view of the wall with the bookcase. I'd rotate the piano a little clockwise so your not looking so straight on at it. It would also bring more of the sofa into view. All that said" by george your standing at the plate swinging at the pitches". Keep it up it's how you learn and get better. πŸ‘
                        @tuna1957 said:

                        garystan, the scale of the piano is still bothering me. did a quickie search. The measurement from the floor to the bottom of the piano "case" is approximately 28 1/2" ( where your knees go when playing ), from floor to the top of the "lid is 40".your bookcase/credenza seems to dwarf the piano in size. most low bookcases and credenza's are usually 28" - 30" high on average. the next thing is just personal preference. I'd move the camera position to the right where you would have a more raking view of the wall with the bookcase. I'd rotate the piano a little clockwise so your not looking so straight on at it. It would also bring more of the sofa into view. All that said" by george your standing at the plate swinging at the pitches". Keep it up it's how you learn and get better. πŸ‘
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                                tuna1957 :
                        
                                           I did some re-arranging.  Resizing the furniture.  Adjusting the view......etc............. Hopefully, this looks better.
                                                                                        garystan
                        

                        Piano Room Small.jpg

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                          garystan
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                          @solo said:

                          Composition is key in any image, be it a photo or a render.

                          Here is a handy tip:

                          solo :
                          I did a little work on it. Re-arranging the furniture.....point of view...scale...etc. Hopefully, this looks better. (And, keeping the 2/3 rule in mind).

                                                                                            garystan
                          

                          Piano Room Small.jpg

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                          • tuna1957T Offline
                            tuna1957
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                            ditto what pbacot said. a few comments, the corner of the windows still catches my eye first, then I go to the various objects in the room. Pick the object that you want to be the focal point and adjust your view so that is what the eye is drawn to first. I'd increase the field of view some so you have more of the left side of the scene in view. I'd try lowering the eye height a little maybe. It just take trying different angles and such until you hit that sweet spot. Keep experimenting .... πŸ‘

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                              garystan
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                              @pbacot said:

                              Good work! Feeling much better with piano etc. The exterior picture is the wrong perspective for the room. You'd want the horizon lower and the vanishing points sort of going along with the window grid.

                              pbacot :

                                          I wasn't sure about where to set the horizon.  I didn't want to give the impression that the room was high up.  As for the pic itself.......I wasn't sure about that either.   Thanks for your comments (advice).
                                                                                              garystan
                              
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                                garystan
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                                @tuna1957 said:

                                ditto what pbacot said. a few comments, the corner of the windows still catches my eye first, then I go to the various objects in the room. Pick the object that you want to be the focal point and adjust your view so that is what the eye is drawn to first. I'd increase the field of view some so you have more of the left side of the scene in view. I'd try lowering the eye height a little maybe. It just take trying different angles and such until you hit that sweet spot. Keep experimenting .... πŸ‘

                                      tuna1957 :
                                
                                                  Taking a closer (and second) look at it.  Yeah.....I think you're right about the perpsecive of the background.  I take it......this part of the learning process.....
                                
                                                                                                     garystan
                                
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                                • pbacotP Offline
                                  pbacot
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                                  @garystan said:

                                  @pbacot said:

                                  Good work! Feeling much better with piano etc. The exterior picture is the wrong perspective for the room. You'd want the horizon lower and the vanishing points sort of going along with the window grid.

                                  pbacot :

                                              I wasn't sure about where to set the horizon.  I didn't want to give the impression that the room was high up.  As for the pic itself.......I wasn't sure about that either.   Thanks for your comments (advice).
                                                                                                  garystan
                                  

                                  If you look at the window sill and the horizontal muntins, the lines converge in the area of the lower panes, so the eye level of the viewer is somewhere in the lower pane, and the horizon would be there, not in the upper pane.

                                  WOOPS I edited the wrong post. The picture should go here.


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                                  • pbacotP Offline
                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by

                                    Good work! Feeling much better with piano etc. The exterior picture is the wrong perspective for the room. You'd want the horizon lower and the vanishing points sort of going along with the window grid.

                                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                                    • tuna1957T Offline
                                      tuna1957
                                      last edited by

                                      garystan, just want to reinforce I'm in no way knocking your efforts. By gosh your trying and asking questions and that's how you get better. Was a little bored last night so threw together an example model to try and better express some of the things I was saying. Have no idea the exact dimensions of your room so just sort of tried to get reasonably close. Just put representations of the 3 main elements. Killed the color as it was a little distracting from what I was trying to show. The piano is a concert grand and very close to real world dimensions. Lowered eye height and set F.O.V.to 45 degrees. My point is don't be afraid to experiment ... keep up your efforts πŸ‘


                                      piano room.jpg

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                                      • jo-keJ Offline
                                        jo-ke
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                                        Horizont of outside exterior is always tricky.

                                        I usually set a 360Β° pano as background, so I don't have to worry about the horizont. It always matches. wherever your viewpoint is.

                                        Here's an example (Have a look at exterior):

                                        http://www.zz7.de

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                                        • G Offline
                                          garystan
                                          last edited by

                                          To : tuna1957
                                          Mike Amos
                                          pbacot
                                          pilou :

                                                            Thanks for your advice guys.  I did a  re-do (for the Xth time) of Piano Room.  I think I got it this time.
                                                                                         garystan
                                          

                                          Piano Room II Small.jpg

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                                          • G Offline
                                            garystan
                                            last edited by

                                            @jo-ke said:

                                            Horizont of outside exterior is always tricky.

                                            I usually set a 360Β° pano as background, so I don't have to worry about the horizont. It always matches. wherever your viewpoint is.

                                            Here's an example (Have a look at exterior):

                                            jo-ke :

                                                  Do you mean a  360 degree panoramic background ?  Could you explain more about this ?   And how do I go about setting up a 360 degree background. Where do I find it ?  Sorry about all the questions.  But, this does sound interesting.
                                                                                                            garystan
                                            
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