High Resolution Image Plane & Object Matching Question

[ford77]

Hi!

I have to render poster size, press quality images at work.
I'm looking for a solution for matching the photos as image planes
to my 3D objects. The main problem is that I'm limited to
the resolution of my monitor when placing objects.
- 1280x1024 against a 5000x4000 pixel press quality image.
Can I zoom for example 500% the right bottom corner
of the image plane with the objects still matching to get
a pixel/pixel match?
The only thing I found is the display options/oversize
option in the cameraShape. This works fine until I reach
the edges of my viewport. After that it shows me the imageplane
but only the middle of it. The edges disappear.
Has maya any solution to move the camera from
the top left corner to the bottom right corner zoomed in, with an image
plane attached to the camera and the objects still in right position?

thanx!

[joojaa]

QUOTE(ford77 @ 05/08/07, 12:38 PM) [snapback]265707[/snapback]
Has maya any solution to move the camera from
the top left corner to the bottom right corner zoomed in, with an image
plane attached to the camera and the objects still in right position?

Sure, adjust the film offsets and image plabene offsets.

Anyway some gfx cards will vomit on you with that texture.

[ford77]

do the objects stay in place when ofsetting
the film and the image plane?
Stay the proportions and the perspective
the same?
- I canot tri this at the moment,
I'm sitting in front of a PLE maya
which is limited in this functions,
but thanx for the answer, I hope
this will help!

The limitations of my gfx card is no problem.
It is better to wait for the card and the best
match then render a couple of tests for the client.
I don't use the hiRes image for the whole
process. I just got a very very fisheye distorted
photo and I want to put some locators and planes
into the scene to have the precise mesaures
to scale the scene before render.

Anyway, the solution is very urgent. I'm quite
beginner in maya/3D, but my boss started to
get contracts for same jobs. I'm waiting for
our legal copy of maya right now to start working.
it has to be finished today - of course...
Which means I have to replace the whole roof
of a hall which is photographed with a fisheye lens.
And all this until about 6-7 p.m. today!

So any other methods are wellcome!!!

[joojaa]

QUOTE(ford77 @ 05/08/07, 04:14 PM) [snapback]265724[/snapback]
do the objects stay in place when ofsetting
the film and the image plane?
Stay the proportions and the perspective
the same?
- I canot tri this at the moment,
I'm sitting in front of a PLE maya
which is limited in this functions,
but thanx for the answer, I hope
this will help!

Yes , objects dont really move whan you edit camera anyway. And no ple is not limited in functions, just disabled saving!

Anyway film offset is enough, use overscan to zoom

PS. lock the traslate and rotate of the camera so you don't accidentally move it

[ford77]

That's it. It works!
Thaaaanx a lot!

Belive or not, I tried to change the offset
values in th elatest PLE edition, and
after a few try withoud anything happened
I realised a message in the command line
saying something like '...limitation..., not allowed
in this version... etc...'.