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SketchUp can be a great visualisation tool when used hand in hand with your own photographs. If you want to superimpose your design onto a photograph, bear in mind that your camera’s field of view is different to your default SketchUp f.o.v. giving the impression that perspective is all wrong. To correct this, you need to find out what your camera’s focal length is (usually 28mm, or 28-80mm for zoom cameras). You can do this by interrogating the xzif data held with your digital photo file (click on Properties: Details in windows Vista). The focal length value won’t always relate exactly to that in SketchUp, but a little trial and error, or some internet research, should show you what conversion factor to apply.

Check out the link below:

http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2008/05/setting-your-field-of-view.html

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