Product Name: Beach River Vendor: Rowan54 ************************************************************ Required Products: None Required Software: Any program that will open .jpg files. Installation Instructions: Install where ever you install 2D backgrounds. -------------------------------------- Important Notes: Every now and then, water comes back to the ocean as a river or stream. Here's one. Comes out of the forest, crosses the beach, enters the ocean. Sometimes part of it would be under the waves, but that's the way it is. Made for a messy beach crossing and one of the reasons I always pack more than one pair of shoes. (The first pair needs time to dry out while you're out taking *another* hike in the second pair.) I did my best to edit out all the little annoying things one doesn't want in backgrounds. Got rid of power poles in about 4 pictures, plus road signs and such. (The shrubbery at the top of the headland still looks a little odd, but not as odd as the power poles did.) Actually managed to erase the fence in one, but there is still a faint fence back in the forest in two photos. The people walking along the beach are gone also. These photos were taken in 2011, but left this long because...yes, they did take editing to make them publishable. Photos were taken at different times of day, different walks, but mostly in the same general location. This gives a variety of lighting, if you're doing a series of pictures in one setting... NINE PHOTOS at 4000x3000, 180 dpi ***** Rendering 3D characters to add to a background? Here's a quick list of some very basic hints. 1- Make sure the characters are at the same angle as the background. 2- The light in the photo is the way the light in the photo is going to be. You'll want to match the direction, intensity, angle, and color of the light on your characters and props. 3- Your characters need shadows so that they don't float. Make a new layer below the character (in your 2D program), use a very soft round brush, black, 33% opacity (OR LESS) and brush under the feet and where the character will be touching things. If you can make the shadows realistic, kudos...but any shadow helps. ***** You MAY use this pack in all of your artwork, personal or commercial You MAY use this pack for scrap booking, both digital and printable - for yourself and for others You MAY use this pack to create your artwork for sale, such as prints You MAY use this pack to make greeting cards, websets, email stationary, etc. so long as they are altered and not redistributed as they are You may not print them out and distribute them as they are or re-distribute these files "as they are" in ANY format. You must use them as part of an artwork creation - however, they may not be used to make new backgrounds for free or for sale or any similar competing product. -------------------------------------- Files Included in the Product: Beach River ReadMe.txt BeachRiver_1_R54.jpg BeachRiver_2_R54.jpg BeachRiver_3_R54.jpg BeachRiver_4_R54.jpg BeachRiver_5_R54.jpg BeachRiver_6_R54.jpg BeachRiver_7_R54.jpg BeachRiver_8_R54.jpg BeachRiver_9_R54.jpg