Duplex

[glorybound]

Here is quick illustration I just wrapped up. It is a duplex at an area lake lodge. Nothing fancy, but I think it turned out good.

[flino2004]

it looks very good but I think the shadows look too dark.

[glorybound]

Thanks. I'll work on the shadows if it comes back to me too.

I am finding something odd. I did a turntable animation last night and I didn't use a LWF. The animation was using a VRAYSUN/SKY and a VRAYCamera. I got it to expose really well and the animation turned out good. The house I was turning around was using a single vray material with a VRAYDirt map. I set the color to 180,180,180 with a radius of 6'. I tried a non LWF on this duplex, but it wouldn't work. I don't know if textures and colors are what is making my images dark so I have to use a gamma of 2.2 or what. With a plane gray (180,180,180) it works great with a gamma of 1.

[claude_tnt]

hey Bob,
i think the shadows are dark too.. but i've been watching your shingles for a while now (lol- shingle stalker!!!) and it looks might fine... do you care to share your secret fo making it look good...the hedges look good too...
Davis

[glorybound]

I model the shingles using a plug-in.

http://www.batzal.com/index.php

[glorybound]

I brought the shadows up a little.

[3DMK]

I brought the shadows up a little.

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Much better now Bob!!

First one looks like gamma 2.2 which I rarely use these days for exterior shots like this. I find gamma at 1.8 much better for really contrasting lighting as you see the mid-tones better.

I would also minimize any plants right in the foreground so that you don't really notice they are there. Currently they are a bit distracting.
Hope this helps

[jacksc02]

Bobby, your shingles look like a low res bitmap