Video Tutorial: How to make improved FF7 backgrounds in Sketchup

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OK, Here you guys go, I've done a set of high-res Sketchup tutorials on Youtube to teach how to re-make FF7's backgrounds using Photomatch
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

If you have any questions, let me know :)
 
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Good idea!

Hopefully this will get more people into the project. Me myself i manually align the camera in maya since i couldnt figure sketchup out.

Now do you need the pro version to export scenes?
 
Now do you need the pro version to export scenes?
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Not really, Sketchup exports to COLLADA (*.dae) which can be imported into Blender. From there you can export to whatever you want.
 
Excellent. Now for all you people using the excuse that you dont know how to do this type of thing, get workin!  :P
 
Nice tutorials so far. Thanks halkun. It has explained alot about sketchup to me. ^.^. However, I think i will take a look at those tutorials you mentioned at the beginning of the video before i tackle any FF7 scenes... Thanks. :D.
 
part 4 still processing lol  :P

But seriously, this is awesome. I may have to start (attempting at) making backgrounds myself with this.
 
I just re-checked out your FF7 3D Test videos again.   How it moves from the train to the next scene is still amazing.  I really wish I had the time and resources to help with all of this
 
Those are fantastic. They make it look acheivable by anyone too.
 
Hi guys, been following the forum for a long time and after being inspired by these tutorials (and the fact that I have a LOT of free time...) I really want to get involved and help as much as I can. I've got no experience with modelling, texturing or anything like that so I'm a complete noob but I'm a pretty fast learner and a bit of a perfectionist so don't expect too much but I might be able to help eventually!!

Thanks again for the tutorials!
 
Hi guys, been following the forum for a long time and after being inspired by these tutorials (and the fact that I have a LOT of free time...) I really want to get involved and help as much as I can. I've got no experience with modelling, texturing or anything like that so I'm a complete noob but I'm a pretty fast learner and a bit of a perfectionist so don't expect too much but I might be able to help eventually!!

Thanks again for the tutorials!
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Great! well, study those tutorials, and start up a scene, we'll help you with criticism and suggestions as you go, and be sure to post progress!
 
Will do! Any suggestions on a decent starting scene, maybe something not too complicated?

I've got a busy weekend so I'll probably get started next week. I only work a couple of hours a night so I've got plenty of time to practice. Looking forward to getting stuck in now!
 
Try anything you want really. Find a scene that inspires you and give it a shot. I knew nothing of modelling when i started a month or so ago.
 
Quick question (sorry if I'm hi-jacking this thread but it may help others that want to start getting involved)

I've extracted the field files and opened one up in Palmer (nmkin_4) but when exporting it to a PNG it's split into 7 different files. Is there a way to export as a single merged file, or if not what's the best way to handle this? Sorry if its a silly question but I really am starting from scratch here lol


EDIT: while I'm at it can I claim that background for the bombing mission project?
 
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Not really. What i did was use photoshop to merge all the files together into one. One thing to not is that if the scene uses animations to not merge those into the image.
 
Thanks. I'll post some WIP shots tomorrow so you can see if I'm on the right track!
 
In my first video I show where you can get some youtube tutorials for Sketchup. It takes about two days to do them.
 
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