On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Bassam Kurdali <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 00:28 +0000, Campbell Barton wrote: >> Agree they are unrelated (except the case where Camera images could be >> made to force foreground and overlay some reference). > Not completely but it *is* close: images will suffer due to scaling > (especially if you don't intend on making a new one for each aspect > ratio) while procedural guides can be drawn at one pixel width > regardless of the resolution/aspect ratio- and now you'll have an added > dependency for your files. But it's a poor-man's solution for users who > don't want to apply a simple patch. >> I only mentioned it because the topic came up on this thread. >> >> There is still a case for having this feature, Michael and I just >> disagree on how it should be done, in fact Ton also disagrees :), he >> suggests camera BG images to have a FG option. > Well, that's ok :) I'm not personally in a rush, and people who need > this right now can patch, graphicall, hack their own - it's not like > this is going to result in any major compatibility issues. I hacked my > own a while ago, no problems. >> >> Bassam, can you give an example screenshot of how you use this? > sure: > http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=12124 > I use it to compose shots! as you can see, the one pixel dotted line is > fairly unobtrusive, and it works 'right' regardless of focal > length/aspect ratio. In this image even though she's coming down the > escalator towards us, her eyes are always on the top third line of the > screen. Other images would have a center of interest on one or more of > the thirds intersections, etc. Pretty standard stuff really. >> >> Also, anyone can still work on adding camera overlay presets, its a >> good beginner task. > Yup, this is a very easy hack! though, not so easy to get it approved I > guess ;)
Composition guide presets committed r36590. see the camera display panel. Maybe I missed some useful preset, easy to add others. _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
