Quick 3dsmax tip.
If you need to enlarge the frame of a camera without altering the perspective of your original composition, try this:
Divide the original width of your frame by the new width, which in my case was 1200/1600 which gives 0.75. Then multiply your camera focal length by this ratio to find what the new focal length should be. For the example I’m using my original focal length was 35mm, which multiplied by 0.75 is 26.25mm.
Set your camera to this new focal length, change the format accordingly and you have effectively added width to your composition.
Thanks to twitter.com/VisualEyesMedia for this handy tip!
(There is also a script for this purpose www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/overscan but it doesn’t work with vray cameras)
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very handy.. nice one Peter!
Thanks!
Thanks. It’s very useful tip.
Already used this trick. Usefull, thank you
Sweeeet! Thanks Peter.
Thanks for sharing! Very usefull, just used it!
Used this tip to make a maxscript out of it. Is now fully interactive so you can search for your perfect width! Made it the evening after you posted this but didn’t publish it til now… you can get it at http://goo.gl/jVkBc
Thank you so much for this methode!
The scripted version posted yesterday doesn’t really work in the same way.
Yes it changes the width but it’s also altering the field of view/focal length as opposed to simply cropping or adding on to the width. It’s essentially not doing anything you can’t do it the render setup dialogue?
Forgive me if I’m wrong
maybe try this one as well Dave: http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/adjustrenderwidth-for-vray