day and night shots

[davidh]

attached are 3 more images from different projects ,2 day shots (one overcast the other summer sun) and 1 night shot.Again these have been heavily post processed.The stone on the summer shot dosen't really work so I will have to revisit that one.

[edonk]

Re: day and night shots

These are great David - I think I've seen the first one somewhere else before. The last night shot is my favourite, even though the wall texture tiling is pretty evident. The cats a great touch!

[davidh]

Re: day and night shots

Thanks edonk,
I have previously posted a lot of these images on the sketchucation website

[robert111]

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dividh , very nice ext render , 1st image very very nice, can you send me your visopt and explain your nice lighting ( have you used hdri in GI or not)
my e-mail / robert111@live.fr

[nomeradona_cg]

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excellent exterior render... keep them coming.

[JEAG_VZLA]

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Dude... How do you make those kind of rocks at the 1th pic? OMG that can't be a map!!!

[steelers05]

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great images...I would just tone down the foreground plants a bit in the 2nd image. Aside, great work

[stefanq]

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Great images! Congrats!

[chandan]

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great ones.....
How did you match up the lighting with actual the photos??

[davidh]

Re: day and night shots

RE Matching lighting with photos:

For the overcast image I will use a light grey/blue colour in the "GI/Skylight"environment map,and white/light grey colour in background with default lights off under "Global Switches".
This removes all sharp shadows.I would then place a background in photoshop after rendering out with an alpha channel.It is important that the background image colour matches the original environment colour as close as possible.
The reason I dont place the background image in Vray is that I cant usually get it exactly where I want it.

for the bright sun image I used the basic vray sun in environment and background.I have gathered together a lot of textures and materials and sky backgrounds over the years and it is basically a standard bright daylight shot.

The night shot is different again.
Again I turn default lights off under "Global Switches".I will use an image in the "GI/Skylight"environment map,and the same image in background.I am not worried that the background image does not map properly as again I render with an alpha channel and place the image correctly in photoshop.
Below is the background image for a typical night shot and my visopt settings for the night shot.I hope this helps

[pacha]

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Excellent Job. I want to ask about the plantation & flowers in the 2nd image, are they 3D models or what.
The sky colour in the 2nd image is not that realistic;however, good job. Go ahead

[KELPER]

Re: day and night shots

RE Matching lighting with photos:

For the overcast image I will use a light grey/blue colour in the "GI/Skylight"environment map,and white/light grey colour in background with default lights off under "Global Switches".
This removes all sharp shadows.I would then place a background in photoshop after rendering out with an alpha channel.It is important that the background image colour matches the original environment colour as close as possible.
The reason I dont place the background image in Vray is that I cant usually get it exactly where I want it.

for the bright sun image I used the basic vray sun in environment and background.I have gathered together a lot of textures and materials and sky backgrounds over the years and it is basically a standard bright daylight shot.

The night shot is different again.
Again I turn default lights off under "Global Switches".I will use an image in the "GI/Skylight"environment map,and the same image in background.I am not worried that the background image does not map properly as again I render with an alpha channel and place the image correctly in photoshop.
Below is the background image for a typical night shot and my visopt settings for the night shot.I hope this helps

Hi davidh:

Can you explain in more detail, step by step how you can render with alpha map and the process post in PH plus the correct settings for the night, I really looking to understand this settings for a Night shot.

Thanks...