Some input please

[trajic]

Very new to Vray but have worked most of the available tuts. I am noticing that the best results are from the c/c here. I am trying to get a more clean and representative basswood study shot. Using 1 omni in the center with Vray shadows. Do I need a bump map? or different lighting attributes to get a better result? Any help would be awesome.



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[jacksc02]

ok, do you mind me asking you what it is?

[trajic]

just a 6" cubic study model with concetric cubes repeating on the interior

[jacksc02]

its really hard to understand whats going on in the image.
Looks like it could be anything.
Do you have a reference image your working from?

[trajic]

no reference image, but here is a full shot.
Does this help at all?
http://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=basstest0ey.png

[trajic]

oops same image, heh

here...

http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=study2qv.png

[jacksc02]

thats helps a bit.
I would remove the omni.
search on this forum for a studio setup to see how other people set their scenes up. At least it will be a good start

[Candelero]

Hello, trajic.

As I see you are really new to V-Ray... jacks02's advice is also very good to start with.

My suggestion in your case would be aboslutely different and has nothing to do with V-Ray or any other topics discussed here on the forum.

You said,

I am trying to get a more clean and representative basswood study shot.

so, my advice is start looking at real-life materials and take examinations
of all their features and You will soon dicover that for example:
Tip #1: all wooden surfaces - have reflections... bumps and so on...

A basic study of 3D would also give you lots of guides for getting better results with or without V-Ray.

Best regards,
nikki Candelero