05-03-2013, 05:21 PM
hi dude, the question u pose is very technical but can be learnt, it relates to architectural (technical) perspective.
The horizon line is better if we think about this as EYE LEVEL, cos thats what it is.
basically cos the picture we are creating is flat. and our eyes are outside this flat surface. the only way to measure the distance, from our eyes to the EYE LEVEL (horizon line) in the picture plane is through something called a station point. this is an imaginary line drawn (usually) down from the eye level line outside our picture (so outside the screen u r using for ur picture.) this distance is then used to represent the distance of the viewer to the picture and it is also used to work out the scale of things inside the picture by relating them to the distance of the viewer to the picture plane.
This is very hard to explain via text, there is an awesome dvd via gary meyer which goes into this, or i think there is a book by NORLING which explains this also :)
all the best O_O O_O
The horizon line is better if we think about this as EYE LEVEL, cos thats what it is.
basically cos the picture we are creating is flat. and our eyes are outside this flat surface. the only way to measure the distance, from our eyes to the EYE LEVEL (horizon line) in the picture plane is through something called a station point. this is an imaginary line drawn (usually) down from the eye level line outside our picture (so outside the screen u r using for ur picture.) this distance is then used to represent the distance of the viewer to the picture and it is also used to work out the scale of things inside the picture by relating them to the distance of the viewer to the picture plane.
This is very hard to explain via text, there is an awesome dvd via gary meyer which goes into this, or i think there is a book by NORLING which explains this also :)
all the best O_O O_O