Penthouse interior

[duke2]

Was given the go-ahead for this last Thursday and had to guess at what the client liked. It served the purpose of showing him a pretty picture so that's it. I wanted to add the dining table and various other things so it does seem a little empty. Looking for feedback on my lighting/the feel of the image. I don't get to do interiors often so I'm a little rusty!

[Fekta.studio]

Very good and clean work, congrats..

[duke2]

Very good and clean work, congrats..

Thanks! The GI solution was a bit splotchy though..

[Fekta.studio]

Did you try rising the Hsph up to 120 and maybe DE on, adaptive leave to default 0.85 .

[duke2]

Yeah I tried 128 samples and it cleared it up completely, but I needed to know I could render it quickly rather than overnight. Not a fan of DE either - I rather render out an AO pass and multiply it at about 30%, which i'll do if i'm told to do further work on it. But for now, I'm onto 5 interiors in ~2 weeks with constant changes up until the last second!

[Fekta.studio]

Yeah I tried 128 samples and it cleared it up completely, but I needed to know I could render it quickly rather than overnight. Not a fan of DE either - I rather render out an AO pass and multiply it at about 30%, which i'll do if i'm told to do further work on it. But for now, I'm onto 5 interiors in ~2 weeks with constant changes up until the last second!

Sounds familiar

[Pixelab]

Nice work ! I like the way you treat the highlight without blowing it. What is your color mapping method ?

For the splothces, try an adaptative amount of 0.8 or 0.75, and add 1 or 2 subdiv level (for example, go from -4/-2 to -5/-2 or -6/-2)

Won't add much time to the render (15%/20%) and could get rid of the splotches on large surfaces

Not sure it'll help bit that's worth a try.

[3DMK]

Nice work!!

The GI solution is looking very flat though. I would change your irradiance min/max setting to fix this & also fix the splochiness as well.

My settings for a room like this [at the resolution you have] would be about -6 min & -2 max and 100 HSph subdiv. I understand render time is always an issue.

keep up the good work