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Newbie having trouble with perspective on objects

aphrodites.flower.girlaphrodites.flower.girl Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in New Users

OK, I've been toddling along with Bryce for a couple months now. I'm at a bit of a standstill at the moment due to problems with the perspective. It seems when I try to make any object that has straight lines and forms, I can never, ever get the shapes to look anything like they are supposed to. I used panoramic view recently, but I have that shut off now, so that isn't the reason. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. But my objects always look very weird perspective-wise or like they were made by somebody VERY drunk!! I could attach a quick screenshot of what this looks like, if you can't quite visualize it from what I'm saying...

That is an issue (probably a very typical Noobie issue if the truth be known) I really need to resolve before I can progress further...

Thanks in advance

Krystal Starr

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    I have to admit I am not quite certain what you mean without seeing a screen shot.

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  • aphrodites.flower.girlaphrodites.flower.girl Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    What a beautiful little house! !

    And yes, I did notice the attachment area at the end of the post area when I wrote the previous comment... I will make up another version of the image I was having trouble with and show it here, complete with markings and red pointers and such if I need them to clarify... :red:

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited October 2013

    It might be distortion due to the camera's focal length. See attached screenshots, which show the same scene (a cube primitive) when viewed through a camera with the focal length set to 20, 65, and 300.
    Create a new camera, use that instead of the default camera, select it in the scene tab, then in the parameters tab, click on Camera, then change the "Focal Length (mm)" slider.
    This is like changing camera lenses, so it will also zoom in/out, and you will then need to use the mouse wheel to get the camera back in a position where you can see your scene again. I've forgotten what I've learned about it, but if you read up on focal length on a photography website you can learn more about it and find out what is considered "standard" or zoom if you are interested.

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  • aphrodites.flower.girlaphrodites.flower.girl Posts: 0
    edited October 2013

    Yes, thank you, this is getting into the realm of what I have experienced. Things on my preview area have been twisted and wonky and I just didn't know where to go to make adjustments. The early Noobie tutorials don't tell you details like that! I will be getting to a new version of what I was doing recently and will add an attachment here. Should have kept the first effort, but I got impatient and scrapped it, lol

    [EDIT] I didn't complete that tut...halfway thru the author described techniques I am no where near ready for. However, after adjusting focal length, I can see that the perspective problem I was having has greatly improved! Tackled a different tutorial and it hasn't gone well, but I will start over and see what results I get...maybe something worth posting :red:

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