The Shed

[glorybound]

So, the naked people didn't work, so here are some updates



Not my favorite project, but it turned out better than I thought it would. I am not sure about the evening shot, but the day time works for me.

[flino2004]

I would put the people looking at different places.... when you have people an animals facing the camera look very unnatural.

[glorybound]

I blued up the night corner shot.

[glorybound]

Really, only the couple crossing the road and kid running towards the corner are looking towards the camera, and the dog in the courtyard shot. I am a little burnt out on this project, so unless I have too, I am not rendering it again.

One thing that I still find very frustrating is not being able to comp a sky into the background. Unless I am doing something wrong, it just doesn't work. I tried a black background and a layer -> defringe in PS, but that doesn't do it either. Using V-Ray's Alpha gives me a huge 2-3 pixel halo.

I would put the people looking at different places.... when you have people an animals facing the camera look very unnatural.

[glorybound]

This is a screen grab. I have an HDRI set invisible and the same HDRI in the Environment slot. I don't think the halo could get worse.

[flino2004]

try white.... I got those halos too but to be honest I haven't tried in a while to modify the background.... I change the gamma and intensity of the HDRI until I think is working well

[Morne]

I tried a black background and a layer -> defringe in PS, but that doesn't do it either.

Try layer > remove black matte instead
(or white, if you rendered with a bright HDRI)

[glorybound]

Yes, that's what I have been trying and it's not working. I am wondering if it's something t do with PSD Manager, which is creating my PSD.

Try layer > remove black matte instead
(or white, if you rendered with a bright HDRI)

[dlparisi]

Yes, that's what I have been trying and it's not working. I am wondering if it's something t do with PSD Manager, which is creating my PSD.

I usually render out on black with environment overrides or invisibe HDRI's but in PS instead of cutting out the background from the beauty pass, I use the alpha to cut out the new sky and put this over the beauty pass. I never have a problem working this way, no halos, no fringing. Of course, knowing how well PS handles premultiplied alphas I know it's not 100% correct but it looks just fine and no one ever questions it.

[glorybound]

I have tried the alpha mask, but it's not good. I am thinking it has something to do with the premultiplier in PSD Manager; there are some options there.

I usually render out on black with environment overrides or invisibe HDRI's but in PS instead of cutting out the background from the beauty pass, I use the alpha to cut out the new sky and put this over the beauty pass. I never have a problem working this way, no halos, no fringing. Of course, knowing how well PS handles premultiplied alphas I know it's not 100% correct but it looks just fine and no one ever questions it.