Nov
27
2008
Integrating CG into photos - Part I: Creating environment maps from photographs
Bonjour and welcome to the first of my two part (possibly 3, who knows maybe even FOUR!) tutorial on integrating computer generated imagery into photographs. This obviously can be extended to video, which I might cover in another tutorial.
Whilst these tutorials are demonstrated using Blender, the techniques should be easily expanded to other 3D packages - so don’t be afraid to try this in SUPER 3D CREATOR MAKE ACE STUFF WITH ONE BUTTON PRO v2, or whatever software you use…
So I got a bit bored the other day, so I decided to attempt to create an Environment Map from a set of photographs… and it WORKED!
Summary of what photos you need to take:
- 6 photos for cubic mapping - front, back, left, right, top, bottom
- 1 (or more if you want to try out different angles) perspective photo (has to be taken in the same/similar lighting to the other 6 photos for the best results).
