Shooting on a white background leaves the problem mentioned above (the white halo around the semi-transparent prims, such as wispy hair textures), and does not allow for easy removal of the background to move the avatar onto a new, desired background of choice. Using a green screen also allows you to add a realistic cast shadow from the avatar to the image.
As far as the background itself goes, that's up to you - you can make one yourself, you can snap images in SL that can serve as background (I typically snap scenery photos in Second Life and use them as backgrounds for my green screen photos), or you can use stock photography that give you permission to do so from sites such as morgue file and deviant art.
Using photo spheres and their backgrounds - that is a choice you have and is entirely up to you. It's all a matter of preference really. I'll be going more into creating backgrounds for your images next week.
Vivianne -Shooting on a white
Wed, 07/01/2009 - 09:09 — rykerbeckVivianne -
Shooting on a white background leaves the problem mentioned above (the white halo around the semi-transparent prims, such as wispy hair textures), and does not allow for easy removal of the background to move the avatar onto a new, desired background of choice. Using a green screen also allows you to add a realistic cast shadow from the avatar to the image.
As far as the background itself goes, that's up to you - you can make one yourself, you can snap images in SL that can serve as background (I typically snap scenery photos in Second Life and use them as backgrounds for my green screen photos), or you can use stock photography that give you permission to do so from sites such as morgue file and deviant art.
Using photo spheres and their backgrounds - that is a choice you have and is entirely up to you. It's all a matter of preference really. I'll be going more into creating backgrounds for your images next week.
Hope this helps!
- R