Very early kitchen WIP

[Nicolaas]

Hi guys,

Here's the first early wip where I put everything in white first to adjust my lighting before applying the materials. It's an approach..

Okay...

How can I get more detail in the shadows?
It's like the island is floating.

What does the trick. More subdivs in the vray lights ? DOn't think so.
I have only 2 vray lights...

I have IR and Lightmap in second...

Thx for helping me out.

Nicolaas

[BBullo]

I've noticed lightmapping default settings really wash out shadow details. What is your secondary light muliplier set at? Try lowering it a bit maybe (.7-..

[TRGraphics]

You need to also be careful of your color mapping settings. If you set the dark multiplier very high your shadows in corners will be washed out.

Tony

[Nicolaas]

BBullo: I have default settings for lightmap and my second bounce is 0,5. Dunno what I should tweak here.. I did a lot but don't notice anything.

TRGRAPHICS: They are both set to 1, default HSV exp.

I have an update as well. What can be improved here please ?...

Nicolaas

[percydaman]

looks great so far to me! tiles look kinda large though.

[Nicolaas]

Come on Percy... don't flatter me... Gimme some kicks.. hehe..

Is it me or whatever.. I don't like the details of the shadows.. Some of the objects float a little bit... Or should I just render it out bigger 1600x1200.

Nicolaas

[natty]

Looks good so far mate ...but i would model the oven and stuff.... looks a bit flat.

[percydaman]

well its pretty early. but yeah Id model those things instead of bitmaps. same goes for the recessed lighting on the ceiling. never seen someone use a bitmap of a recessed lighting.

[natty]

The key to good visuals ...... DETAIL DETAIL DETAIL ..... dude

[natty]

OH ....... and chamher ALL your edges

[Nicolaas]

Hey Percy... my lighting fixtures are modeled !! hehe...

[percydaman]

haha they totally look like bitmaps...sorry

[Nicolaas]

You see that's what I mean.. I don't get the detail on my rendering of what I actually modeled.

How can I improve this..
??

Nicolaas

[natty]

try directly computing your lights... that will pick up so much more detail.

mail me the scene and i'll see if i can set it up.

[Nicolaas]

I'll send you the scene immediately after rendering has finished.