2 Point Perspective Plugin

[KillMe]

????? why would you want that? lightwave has true perspective

unless i'm thinking of the wrong thing isn't 2 point just a method for creating a semi realistic perpective effect when drawing?

[dies-irae]

actually, 1point perspective is the "true" perspective as we see it normally

2point perspective allows nice effects like weird fish-eyes etc. Particularly interesting if you want to show buildings etc.

so i can understand why you might be wanting to do that. Sadly i dont know any plugins that does something of the kind.

[eRP]

dies-irae that is correct. It's for a building presentation.

Killme, Not everything in CG must look exactly as it is in the real world. arch presentations are quite often presented in 2 point perspective so the building don't get distorted in the height.

[sadde]

You can have your camera faaar from the object and in camera options you can increase your zoom factor or lens focal heigth so that the object fits your image. it won`t get distorted by the perspective.
But it wont fit to every situation.(views from ground maybe)
So i can show you another path i think.
http://www.gilai.com/scripts/items2/photography_folding-Folding+Cameras-yes-1.html
I have learned that these kind of cameras have some layer aparatus to correct or distort the perspective of the image.I don`t know how they work but if you can find a resource about it i am sure you can make it work in lightwave.

[gruvsyco]

maybe not exactly what you want but... perhaps something you could use...

http://www.flay.com/GetDetail.cfm?ID=1175

[m_luscombe]

Those cameras work by allowing you to tilt your focal plane inside the body to cancel out the original perspective.

Those cameras were more important in RL architecture photography, where you couldn't instantly position the camera a kilometer away and 200ft in the air :)

[eRP]

Thank you very much.

Sadde, I think your ideia will work just fine.

I will take a look at those links.

[gerardo]

I think what you need is called isometric projection, Ekki Halkka has an excellent free application for this called Fakemetric Camera:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/erkki.halkka/plugpak/index.html


Best Regards


Gerardo

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