WIP: Midrise

[RErender]

A frame from an animation I am working on. Glass issue at top is a model issue and already fixed and I plan to add some background. C&C please.

[timmatron]

So how are you going to animate that existing site photo? Have you modeled it and put flat textures to it or something else?

I think the building is looking good. Maybe add a little variation to the main tan texture on the building to help it blend in a little better.

When I do scenes with a lot of glass I like to add a slight water bump map to it to simulate what you often see in real glass.

I think in this shot you could benefit from some other complimentary color. You have a lot of blue, but everything else is pretty neutral. Maybe add a different color to the cars or something. I think the trees & rpc people need to be brighter & have more contrast & color in them as well.

Looks cool. Are you allowed to show us the final animation?

[vaslavo]

very good, like the glass, i have so many problems with it, yours look great.

congratulations.

[Ben Ando]

Nice one.
The only thing I’d say is to lighten up the scene a bit. The shadows from your building seem a bit too dark compared to those of the buildings in the site photo. Other than that great work!!
Would love to see the animation, if we’re allowed.

[RErender]

Thanks for the comments

We did some brightening in post today of the trees, people and the building, looks a lot better.

For the existing site I camera mapped a photo from about this angle onto some boxes, this shot is just a pull back so they hold up ok.

Glass is pretty basic, a greenish blue diffuse color, about the same color for the fog, a bit lighter though. Rreflection is about 254 with fresnel I think and the refraction is set to 240 or so with ior of 2.6. I tried to be able to see through it but not too much since the nside of the building is not modeled.

I will try to post the animation, probably be a little while til it goes public.

[sunnyc1]

I love the glass. What are you using to reflect in the glass? HDRI, a plain image or geometry?

SunnyC

[Trapezium]

Wow, looks great The atmosphere kinda reminds me of LA. I agree that the shadows could be lighter and a little bluer too. Reflections on glass look perfect. I also like the variety of plants you have on the balconies. The photo building on the right looks a little blurry though, maybe just filtering?

--Jon

[zapcat]

Great image. Look forward to seeing the finished animation.

[reyner]

wow!! beautiful glass

[MrCAD]

very nice exterior glasses...I like them alot too...

meher

[jbond04]

Mind sharing how you did the glass?

[RErender]

Mind sharing how you did the glass?

"Glass is pretty basic, a greenish blue diffuse color, about the same color for the fog, a bit lighter though. Rreflection is about 254 with fresnel I think and the refraction is set to 240 or so with ior of 2.6. I tried to be able to see through it but not too much since the inside of the building is not modeled."

with hdri in the renderers reflection overide