Dyer House Plan

[glorybound]

*feel free to compliment me on my marvelous painting skillz.

Great matte trees BTW!

[glorybound]

I removed the plants along the driveway, which I think helps.

[Pixelcon]

I would have to agree

[glorybound]

Thanks for the post help. I now realize that I got really lazy with my post production.

[MoonDoggie]

Looks good Bobby!

[Pixelcon]

Thanks for the post help. I now realize that I got really lazy with my post production.

My pleasure. I think every project deserves at least a bit of post-work and it will always make an image look much better.

[Ahmed Sharif]

Your last image is the best one so far, really nice transformation since the first render.

[glorybound]

I just copied what James did, but thanks!

[glorybound]

Updated back view

[glorybound]

I'm seeing more red in the front view, wouldn't you say?

Bobby Parker www.bobby-parker.com

[Pixelcon]

yep the rear feels a bit colder. If you put a hue/saturation adjustment layer on the top of your layer stack and drag saturation all the way up, you get a good indication of what colours you have in your highlights/shadows.

[glorybound]

Got it, thanks!

yep the rear feels a bit colder. If you put a hue/saturation adjustment layer on the top of your layer stack and drag saturation all the way up, you get a good indication of what colours you have in your highlights/shadows.

[glorybound]

A second front view. I think I captured the color on this one.

[Pixelcon]

Definitely on the right track. I think the grass could be a tad "warmer" and maybe overall the image lacks a little punch because of the raised blacks (which I'm guilty of doing sometimes).

Try merging all to a new layer and with a very low "exposure" try dodging highlights and burning shadows with a medium-sized soft brush. Although this is a "destructive" edit, it can make everything "pop" at the end.

The shadows in the foreground could maybe extend a little bit less into the image. They definitely add a lot of depth.

Nice work!

One more tip: If you render the grass as just a texture (a bit desaturated and darker to manage GI bleed), you can then replace the ground plane with a grass photo in PS, then put a RawTotalLighting over the grass photo and set it to multiply. Easy shadows. If you want to add more shadows, you can sample the shadow colour from the RawTotalLighting pass and paint on a new layer also set to multiply so all the shadows have a consistent colour.

[glorybound]

Great stuff, thanks!