Breezy Point Cabin

[alexyork]

It's very common for the client to want to see everything in one or two views like that simply because it's cheaper for them, but I reckon you could find slightly better angles either by going 1-point or going right into a corner with a wider lens. Particularly the shot looking towards the kitchen. You could go 1-point then shift the sofa under you a bit so you open up the floor space and make it look larger. A photographer shooting the real space would have no hesitation in repositioning a lot of that furniture.

I would personally also have insisted on some interior lamps etc. and made it clear that you'd lose a lot of realism without them. It's those touches that make spaces softer and more inviting too, which is always good for marketing.

But if the client has pushed the views like this there's nothing you could do really, except find that more natural balance with the lighting. I do still think the spaces look quite gloomy.

[glorybound]

Here's an update.

[alexyork]

Nicer atmosphere but I'd lift the light levels inside quite a bit to still better match the exterior.

[Vizioen]

Yeah maybe desaturate, more exposure, contrast,... I gave it a shot in photoshop real quick.

[glorybound]

Flopping between my last one and yours, yours does have more life; however it's not night and day, for me. I think the space is just a small wood box and isn't easy to make nice. I'll look at it again, with fresh eyeballs, tonight.

[glorybound]

Here are some updates. These are straight out of V-Ray without any post, which I kind of like.

[glorybound]

Just a note. The first two were using settings Vlado talked about in his latest video and they took 4hrs. The third, I used Solidrocks and it took around 30 minutes.

[rivoli]

The third, I used Solidrocks and it took around 30 minutes.

what were the settings on that one? from 4 hours to 30 minutes it's quite a massive difference..

[glorybound]

Also, it sets the materials, too.

[joconnell]

New renders looking gorgeous - the lens effects are a tiny bit heavy handed in one or two of them, like it looks like the space is filled with dust or smoke. That aside the renders are seriously good.

[glorybound]

New renders looking gorgeous - the lens effects are a tiny bit heavy handed in one or two of them, like it looks like the space is filled with dust or smoke. That aside the renders are seriously good.

thanks! I am still trying to get my arms around the VRay bloom/glare.

[glorybound]

Less sateration

[joconnell]

Might be worth halving your bump mapping on the wood and the couch, and trying a render with camera dof just so it's slightly softened. Seriously good work and again congrats on the progression down through the years.

[rivoli]

so you switched from brute force to irradiance? as you mentioned valdo's tutorial I thought the difference was in the sampling settings.

[dlparisi]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]25287[/ATTACH] Also, it sets the materials, too.

Keep in mind that SR also changes the global multiplier if I remember correctly so those Imap values look artificically low. Still a great improvement in rendering time though. What SR quality setting did you use?