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tips for montage-ing?

MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
edited December 1969 in The Commons

i'd like to blend a few rendered scenes together without it looking like film strips.


was gonna try putting 3 scenes in one render, but doesn't seem workable.

Thanks. :)

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  • CypherFOXCypherFOX Posts: 3,401
    edited December 1969

    Greetings,
    Something like this cool picture?

    -- Morgan

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    that looks kewl.


    i can't find an example of what i mean. remember the old forum, the horsey was kinda blended in with the blue?

    or like a video game cover? they blend a few characters with 2 or 3 background villages?

  • Tramp GraphicsTramp Graphics Posts: 2,411
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    that looks kewl.


    i can't find an example of what i mean. remember the old forum, the horsey was kinda blended in with the blue?

    or like a video game cover? they blend a few characters with 2 or 3 background villages?

    I think you're looking for something like the attached image below. Am I correct?
    Night-Warrior-cover-final.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,887
    edited December 1969

    Like a "composite?" Where you have two scenes integrated (or parts of two scenes) like a background with buildings in one, and the people in another that are the foreground/populating the scene?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    these are best montage-ee examples i can find so far.


    like 3 rendered images, they look seamless when next to each other.


    it's so kewl, but :bug: looks complicated

    there's prolly some gradient fill technique in there. feathered masking maybe

    thanks :)

    montagy.jpg
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  • Tramp GraphicsTramp Graphics Posts: 2,411
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    these are best montage-ee examples i can find so far.


    like 3 rendered images, they look seamless when next to each other.


    it's so kewl, but :bug: looks complicated

    there's prolly some gradient fill technique in there. feathered masking maybe

    thanks :)

    Yep. Exactly what I showed above. To create montages and collages like that you need to do that work in post using a program like GIMP or Adobe Photoshop. It can't be done within Daz Studio. For the piece i attached above, is I rendered my main scene with the main character, desert, sky, moon, and explosion, then I rendered a second scene with just the four characters (fully lit, but no other elements) that would be going on the back cover as a PNG file so that it would have no background. I then took both images into Adobe Photoshop as two separate layers (the render of the four characters on top of the render). After that, I applied a layer mask to the top layer, and using the paint brush, I painted out the parts I wanted to fade away (namely the legs) and then set my Layer style to Screen, so that any dark areas would become transparent.
  • SixDsSixDs Posts: 2,384
    edited December 1969

    Perhaps you would lose something in the translation, and I've never tried it myself, but one could render a scene, then use that as a background for a new scene and repeat ad infinitum or as required,

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    i wanted to try something a lil more complex than rule of thirds, ya,know? there's something out there about an 's'

    was thinking like 3 or 4 rows of banner sized renders, and shift them left or right to make the s path, but no lines between the rows to defeat the purpose.

    can't afford to spend more than a week on this, for now, guess i'll have to give up on it

  • MarkIsSleepyMarkIsSleepy Posts: 1,496
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    these are best montage-ee examples i can find so far.
    like 3 rendered images, they look seamless when next to each other.
    it's so kewl, but :bug: looks complicated
    there's prolly some gradient fill technique in there. feathered masking maybe
    thanks :)

    Hi Misty Whiskey,

    Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but looking at the examples you posted, there are a couple tutorials here on doing this kind of effect that might help you:
    http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/collage-photoshop-tutorials/

    Phlearn.com is also great site for tutorials on compositing images. Their best ones are expensive but there are a ton of free ones on their website and their YouTube channel too. I don't think they have any specifically on creating these types of collage but maybe there is something there you could use.

    Mark

  • Cris PalominoCris Palomino Posts: 11,355
    edited December 1969

    Hongkiat was going to be one of my recommendations as well. Here is also a video on a technique:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3zJULq04bY

    MDO2010 said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    these are best montage-ee examples i can find so far.
    like 3 rendered images, they look seamless when next to each other.
    it's so kewl, but :bug: looks complicated
    there's prolly some gradient fill technique in there. feathered masking maybe
    thanks :)

    Hi Misty Whiskey,

    Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but looking at the examples you posted, there are a couple tutorials here on doing this kind of effect that might help you:
    http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/collage-photoshop-tutorials/

    Phlearn.com is also great site for tutorials on compositing images. Their best ones are expensive but there are a ton of free ones on their website and their YouTube channel too. I don't think they have any specifically on creating these types of collage but maybe there is something there you could use.

    Mark

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    thanks :)


    came across a really nice montage. http://veilaks.deviantart.com/art/Sleepy-Hollow-401107417
    feeling montage envy :lol:

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