CarolynRose

Hi there,
I'm trying to do a Ray Trace of this room that has a Room Divider in it. The one section I am in is lit up, but the other is not. I assume it is because the camera is not in that 'room'. Is there a way to trick the camera into keeping the lights on in both rooms? I haven't added any lights; I'm just using the Default Lighting. So it's not connected to only having 8 lights on. I've looked all over for an answer to this question, but haven't found anything.
I've attached the view in Ray Trace. 

Regards,

Carolyn

Hello Carolyn,

 

This is a job for Photo Shop.  The first thing you need to consider is the viewing angle or multiples angles you would need for your visulaization purposes.  As you setup your real life furniture piece, you will need to orient your real time physical angle of shot accordingly.  Thinking about your future Chief Architect camera oreintation may be important to you too, as you will later set the Chief Architect camera distance above the floor for your interior room views.

 

Take the photos of the furniture pieces at the desired angles and with the desired lighting that you need, with a digital camera.  Import into Photo Shop and crop.  Of course you can also play with the lighting and all the other adjustable effects while you're in the program.  Save each altered shot, and name in a naming sequnce that will make sense to you or others for cataloging purposes now and long into the future.  I have had good succes saving as a JPG, PNG and even TIFF files.  There is often some experimentation here.  Then in Chief - in the User Catalog under the Library Browser - create a new image.  There are instructional videos online that Chief offers that explain how to create new images and/or materials and import them.  

 

It will be that new, saved and named image or images that you can then pull into a plan view in Chief, while you keep a separate window open of a full camera view.  Move the image around until you like what you see, and voila ... the boss, is happy, the client will be happy, and you can ask for a raise!

 

Good Luck,

 

Gary Prentice

Country Lane Design

Thank you for the speedy reply Gary.

This is great. My only problem is that the only pictures I have of the furniture are images taken from the websites. And they are usually frontal only views. Is there anything I can do with that? 

~Carolyn

Hi, 

I am working for an interior designer and new to this world of 3D design. My boss wants me to make a 3D model of a room and put the furniture she wants into the room. For example a particular bed. Is there any way to quickly take a picture of a bed and make it a 3D model? Is there a software that can do this? I've been using Google Sketchup to make the objects and importing them into Chief to arrange the space. But it took me 10 hours to make a coffee table. I've tried using the Match Photo tool in Sketchup, but with no success. Any tips/advice? 

Thanks in advance!

Carolyn