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Vectorworks Spotlight 2010 Getting Started Guide
Image should also be a bit obvious. Nonetheless we will plow on
and discover a few new things. Selecting Image>Options brings
you to a standard OS File Open Dialogue, select an image that you
would like to use as a background, say a park or beach scene. That
selection takes you to the Edit Image Background Dialogue. The
size of the image will be based on the size of your output, no
surprises. But what are Flip H and Flip V? Instead of the X and Y
indicators we have used elsewhere, Vectorworks has changed the
designation in this dialogue to horizontal and vertical. You will also
see placement referred to as I/J/K from time to time (not here), the
functionality is the same as X/Y/Z. Images can also invert or make
the image into a negative image, consider that for some types of
presentation you might want to make a Vectorworks drawing or a
hand drafting into an old style blueprint with white lines on blue
or black.
Simply dened, HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) images
contain lighting data. HDRI images, again, simply, are a composite
of different exposures that Vectorworks can use to ‘light’ a scene.
So, if you’re working on an outdoor project and you have or can
create an HDRI image of the area at a certain time of day (say
Magic Hour), the light data contained in the image and interpreted
by Vectorworks will cause your model to be lit with the same colors
and angles as the background. There are many resources on the
web from which you can download HDRI images. Be sure to verify
the licensing and ownership of those images.
Exercise
Make at least 10 backgrounds for use later. Understand that you
should allow time to edit and modify those as you work with them in
taking your document to the next stage.
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