ISO: Central Park-like set
MJ007
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I am looking for a Central Park-like set. Walkways, park benches, grassy areas, trees, etc.
Any ideas?
-MJ
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http://www.sharecg.com/v/75887/browse/11/Poser/Park-09-Poser-pz3-scene
and add some benches:http://www.sharecg.com/v/82391/browse/5/3D-Model/Free-Park-Chair or http://www.sharecg.com/v/42668/browse/11/Poser/Park-Bench or https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/?item_id=23896
set you could add to your terrain: http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=21795
There is this terrain: http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=16819
also this in obj format at Turbo: http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm?ID=920092&stgURLFragment=3d-models/3ds-park-landscaping/&referral=The_Dodger
I kinda need something more along the lines of this: http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/park-pond-trees-max/768957
-MJ
If you you need a more forested park rather than an urban one check out some Andrey Pestryakov's models: http://www.daz3d.com/andrey-pestryakov
such as this one: http://www.daz3d.com/nature-lake-and-forest with this prerequisite http://www.daz3d.com/nature-lake
or this:http://www.daz3d.com/forest
or a bench setting: http://www.daz3d.com/p-blooming-alley-p
What type of render do you want to do? A panoramic or something up-close? For up close, I recommend Blooming Alley as Charlie Judge did. If you're looking for something that really telegraphs "Central Park" to tourists, you'll need to pick up some hansom cab models to go with Millenium Horse as the famous horse-and-buggy sets Central Park apart from other large urban spaces worldwide.
Central Park is also known for its many statues. Most of what is available under "statues" at DAZ and elsewhere are classical-style statues that Central Park does not have many of. You can make your own statues by posing a character of your choice in 19th century formal wear, and then applying a metal shader to make the whole thing look like it's bronze. Most Central Park statues are metal, but if you're looking for a stone look, there are several shader packages available. I personally use http://www.daz3d.com/artist-studio-poses-and-shader-presets whenever I fake a statue, as all its shaders can be used on any character or prop as long as I use 3Delight.
Actually, its for a series of renders. I need a top view of the park, to kinda show the fullness of the park. Then i need a more concentrated side view to show a side perspective of the first. Then i need a even more concentrated view like a walkway path. I think i can "cheat" and just use an image of the first, since its primarily just an overhead, setup shot, but i need a set to duplicate the other two scenes. The last scene is the most involved and will include a number of figures and props. I was hoping i could acomplish this with one set. All of which happens at night time.
Blooming Alley is a very nice set and very comparative to some other images Ive seen of Central Park, but it doesnt quite fit the bill for what i need.
There is also this free sketchup model:https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=f4631fb8bbd902b4336cff46bcf598be. Open in Sketchup and export as obj.
What about Fober's The Hills it's got a nice path add the trees and fenceing and benches ,and the price is right .......free
http://www.sharecg.com/v/39996/gallery/11/Poser/The-Hills-environment-for-DAZ-Studio-Poser
Based on the first reference photo you shared, you may want to consider looking into http://www.daz3d.com/kaleidoscope to help flesh out whatever set of distance-viewed trees and greenery you wish to use. Kaleidoscope is one of those tools that has a bit of a learning curve but will save you from doing a lot of tedious instancing and postwork yourself. I've never tried it with animation but it works well for stills.
Unfortunately, I don't know of any single set that can do all that you'd want to capture in the other two reference photos. An enterprising vendor might take notice of this and eventually put out a product based on large public parks such as Boston Common and Central Park but in the short term it looks like kitbashing is in order.
And if they do the price may be very costly.
At least one vendor has made such a set but the price is astronomical: http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/manhattan-district-block01-3d-max/988862
Very pricy to be sure (and out of my budget) but having worked in that area of New York City for much of the past twenty years, I have to say that the set is extremely accurate. I can only imagine how beautiful the renders would be with that set.
Im trying a number of ideas to pull this off. Maybe even scaling back some of the original scenes i planned and changing it up a little. This is for a 5-6 panel scene and purchasing multiple sets for such a small set of renders i think is becoming impractical. Im hoping i could pull off the distance scenes with a little postwork with existing images and props; and just worry about the ground scene with what I have, or free ground plane props and add some trees, maybe a background (maybe both) and call it a day.
-MJ