3ds Max Design Architectural Visualization

CHAPTER 9

Creating Backgrounds

FEW OTHER SCENE COMPONENTS ARE as simple to create and yet so often compromised as are backgrounds. Often consuming more than half of the area of a visualization, backgrounds are as critical as any other scene component and deserve as much care and attention as any other area of scene creation. Although backgrounds are a relatively simple element to add to a scene, they can just as easily be a source of frustration and problems for 3ds Max users.

There are three primary methods in which 3ds Max artists create backgrounds for a visualization. Sadly, it seems that the best method is also the least ubiquitous. One method ...