[whyrichard]

Hey,

I have a photo of a building, and i want the rendering camera to match it as closely as possible...

How best to do this in mx studio?

is there an option to overlay a photo onto your viewport to assist in it?

[pipcleo]

convert the photo to an mxi in mxcl.
Load as image based into environment settings.
In background select screen mapped.

[Mihai]

It won't be easy, do you have some info about the camera that took the photo? Focal length, sensor size. There is a photo matching tool in 3DMax if you have that.

[wr1nkles]

3d max is probably the best tool along with microstation.

I have done a couple of maxwell renders in 3D Max which needed to be mm perfect for Appeals and such. As Mihai suggests, you need to have a fair few continuity points and basically you have to set up the same camera in Max as the one which you took the original photo. I would be careful though, as unless you took the original photo with a full frame camera, the lens will need converting.

Cheers,


Nik

[pipcleo]

or try this
http://www.vreel-3d.de/PhotoMatch/whatsnew.html

[roch_fr]

in the EXIF you can find the focal lenght. Don't forget to set the film back to the real size of your sensor.