Placing realistic people in renderings

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I am doing a video of my building and I am searching for more realistic people than the archicad library can provide me with.

What do you use in your videos.????

If I should make still pictures I would use Photoshop, and then place realistic pictures of people. But have no idea what to do in videos.!!

[Anonymous]

Is there not anyone with some advice, about using people in animations.??

[stefan]

1 - If you insist doing this in ArchiCAD, use alpha-mapped pictures of people.

2 - If you have access to other 3D-software, that might be easier: e.g. Cinema4D, 3ds max, ...

[Anonymous]

How do you place alpha channel people in archicad.??

[stefan]

See the manual/help files.
It's like the photographic trees...

Make a new material.
Use a bitmap using an alpha-channel (e.g. TIFF, PNG, TGA, PSD)
Enable it's Transparancy option in the Material Settings.
Use that on a short wall or column.
Adjust the texture size.

(More info in the book from Dwight Atkinson. Check ParaPicture in the ArchiCAD library.)

[Anonymous]

Thanks I will give it a try.!

[Dwight]

There are commercial products for animated figures - check Marlin.

The RPC products aren't for ArchiCAD.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Dwight I have tried with RPC and without any luck. So that explains why.!!!


By the Dwight can you give me some advice to improve this picture.?

[Anonymous]

Hey I aint no expert, but the ceiling looks too bright and white to me.
and who would have an archicad picture on the wall

[Dwight]

Now that Lennox is holding its arms, Wacky Dwight Slays the piece:

-- There is no such thing as white - do not make highly reflective white surfaces - use color or texture to reduce reflectance.
-- way too much light in the scene. Turn off the bulb over your head because this isn't a new idea you just had. This scene has the charm of a turn-of-the century flash powder shot.
-- review all materials - floorboards crappy - table glass should be a slab with edge glass of higher refraction
-- suspended chin-up bar too low. Are you a dwarf?
-- lose those bitmap flowers - use a 3D dried arrangement instead.
-- eliminate glare on glass.
-- enhance sunlight effects thru windo
-- this is an icky space - how would you improve the softness of the design?
-- how to compose viewpoint and furniture to invite rather than exclude the viewer? think of the conversation space and how to make the viewer a part of it... shift viewpoint to right and see outside more.
-- wall paintings too bright - add color through light and furnishings, not paintings.
-- never look at the ceiling - only drunks look at the ceiling.
nothing there to look at - good because it stops the spinning room effect.