My First One!!!!!

[agentorange_cg]

Well after weeks of crashing and having to reload my materials every time I open the sketchup file I've managed to render an image (my first one).
Now just need your help with getting the image to have more 'Umph' - shadows don't seem to exist, well not strong enough, and the furniture seems to be slightly floating.
I've also attached my settings for guidance and criticism.

Cheers,

Drew

[arqestevez1]

hello agentorange.
it's good to see new people around. There has been way too little activity lately...
it's great for a first image, why don't you tell us more about what you made?, about the illumination, and about the materials.
it seems to me that you used the phisical camera and a lot of imported materials.
you know, for me, the trick is to apply a material to every single detail, including tv screens and leaves.
it's hard to apreciate materials with so much white color. i think your image will look better if you decrease a little bit the camera parameters.
also change to hsv exponential to mantain true colors from your model.
i like contrast.
a little bit of reflection on the tv screens(or frames) would help. right now it seems to me like you added the image in photoshop.
may i also ask how heavy your file is?,
i ask this because i have not had issues lately and your image does not appear to be so heavy.
great first image.
keep posting.
cheers.

[agentorange_cg]

Many thanks for your reply and comments.

This first attempt is of a boardroom for a large office - I have modelled the complete building floor which is probably one of the reasons why it keeps crashing - the model size is 67meg. Think this my learning curve on understanding how much to model specifically when using Vray for the renders. I usually model the whole building floor for the client to show the layout and overall 'feel' of the space - now I've started to use vray I guess I need to breakdown the model into 'smaller sections' before rendering.

You're right about the materials - all have been imported as I first need to understand the lighting before I move on to the materials - although in theory they both effect each other.

Cheers