"Mike Sobers" <sob### [at] mindspringcom> wrote:
> Yes, I know what you mean about the perspective.  I was trying to show off
> the soft shadows and it didn't look right from above.  Maybe i'll lift the
> letters off the plane a bit to see if that helps.  Or, possibly stand the
> letters up and view them from the front.  I don't want to go totally
> orthographic in this case, since I want to maintain the 3D look. I find
> that setting the camera back and using a small camera angle helps keep it
> looking "close" to orthographic but not quite (if that makes sense).

I too have been building web content for an overhaul of my website. My menu
/ banner objects are floating just above the page plane. I didn't want to
use an orthographic camera, so I've used quite a long-angle setting with
the vanishing point in the centre of a logo in the top left corner of my
page (the camera is in line with the logo object and the look_at point has
been shifted towards the bottom-right). I think this gives a nice 3D effect
whilst keeping a document-y feel.

Example here: http://www.infradead.org/~wmp/newhtml/ray_index.html
(there's no content yet, it's just a preliminary version to make sure my
includes and links were working).

I've lit the whole affair using pure radiosity because the area lights
weren't giving the effect I wanted.

Bill

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