Night

[glorybound]

Filter

That popped it. Can you tell me what Photoshop tweak you used?

[Jonferimonic]

Aha! What is throwing the night shot is the sun rays coming down through the clouds. Even if it were a dusk shot the sun would be much much lower in the sky. Or are they moon beams?

[glorybound]

Night

The photo actually matched up well with the v-ray sun/sky. If I were to make the sun visible it would be just below what is shown. Having the sun right their is what made me try a night scene. I think is is around 7:00 PM in the summer. I'll have to double check.

[Perculiar_Me]

looks not so great to me too. 2007 and the render looks like something done in the early 3d days. gotta love non-picky clients though.

[beestee]

I pasted the history on the right side of the image. The duplicate layer was a gaussian blur brightened quite a bit and set to soft light blending. Got the balance about where I wanted it, flatened, then did a little more B/C and H/S/L adjustment to move it away from blue/grey. Took maybe 5 minutes

[glorybound]

Night

I didn't notice, thanks. Any tips on night renderings? I posted this way up top, but nobody replied.

[beestee]

Usually the dark, cool colors of an evening or night render are well contasted by using warmer, inviting colors to highlight the key features of your subject. In the case of this particular subject, your client most likely wants people to be drawn to the shop interiors. Make the shop appear approachable and alive. That is all pretty easy to pull out of the image in photoshop as long as you have a decent foundation.

[Arkitec]

i kinda like the filter.....

the night shot does look off.... it might match up... but my eyes are drawn to the sun in the clouds....

only real problem i see are the puddles.... They look to deep.... i wouldnt drive my porche through them.... oh wait - i have an exploder, i mean explorer..... LOL

Overall, nice work but dont forget the floating car.....

Arkitec

[powerandrubber]

I've been doing a ton of NPRs lately. My favorite PS filter is "cutout". I usually end up painting back in needed lost detail with a mask (like the bldg sign) I usually also overlay a vray toon pass.

[Joost Ink]

Yes, that looks nice and soft!
I like it.

[glorybound]

Soft look NPR

yes... nice!