House Exterior - how can i make this look "good" ?

[paulison]

Hi All,

Heres a House i'm currently working on. This image isnt for the client, we have used other non-GI software for the client as they have a small budget (yea right!). We want to start using vray for this kind of work as well. The plan is to make it look so much better than the client is willing to pay 2-3x as much.



Anyway, i'm struggling with this house a bit trying to get it looking good. Maybee its because my my average 2d planting...

Any help is much appreciated!!!

Thanks,

Paul

[tom schuelke]

Hi Paulison

Hmm allready a nice rendering, but !

I am affraid, 2 to 3 times more money only because you use gi, i think this will not be possible. rather you will see, that there will be left more clients that will do it with you for the same money.

gi becomes a so usual thing in architectural renderings, that i think someday it will be just usual.

Todays car customers also dont pay 3 times more only because their cars now have a roof , compared to 1870.

Tom

[percydaman]

I think its fair to ask more for your renders because of the increased quality, not sure about 2-3 times though. Our studio is not cheap. alot of that has to do with the quality that would be hard pressed to equal without GI though.

[BBullo]

It looks a little dark overall. The sky and the grass foreground are a little too saturated & dark. The landscape wall infront is flat. try adding some texture to it. I see tilling on the patio texture.
You might want to change the location of the light source to increase contrast of surfaces I think that may be contributing to the flatness of the image.

[paulison]

Thanks BBullo, nice tips.

Im finding it hard to make images that arnt a bit dark looking. Maybee just increasing the light multiplier is enough? Maybee use linear color mapping?

Currently its taking me 2-3 times the amount of time to produce an image in Vray compared to the crappy non GI software we are using. The problem is, to get the clients to want to pay the money to get it done in vray, we would have to lower the hourly rate a lot. This is mostly due to my inexperience though (one day!)

recently clients I've used vray for havnt even commented on the better quality images, but are more concerned with why its taking longer than normal. 2-3 times as much was an exaggeration though :P

[Trapezium]

Check this thread for some good sunlight tips...

http://www.chaoticdimension.com/foru...ic.php?t=10323

--Jon

[paulison]

thanks, i'll be trying that out now

never really liked logarithmic exposure control though so if there was a way of using linear color mapping that would be nice

[BBullo]

Yes, use Linear Mapping for exteriors. It will give you the contrast you need.