Too much highlights/burning near windows

[niem_akhtar]

Hi, when I use vray the area around the windows becomes burnt-out or over bright. I've always struggled with this issue,
is there a way to make more sunlight enter the space without it making the windows areas super bright

please find my scene file attached.

Any help would be appreciated

kind regards

Niem

[glorybound]

Have you addded a filmic tonemap in you VFB? You can also add an exposure node and pull down the highlight burn.

[vladimir_krastev]

Hi, thanks for posting. From your scene is this what you are trying to do?

[niem_akhtar]

Hi, thanks for the reply, yes that’s what I’m looking for, is there a way to affect just the burnt out areas around the glazing ceiling instead of the whole image. The highlight reduction & filmic filter affects the whole image and will make the fabric and floor finishes look different in the final design.

kind regards

[vladimir_krastev]

is there a way to affect just the burnt out areas around the glazing ceiling

Are these the areas that you refer to:


You could use masks in the VFB and also one way to adjust only the area with direct lighting is by using the VRayBackToBeauty

With VRayCryptomatte mask you can add the exposure layer only to a part of the image:



With VRayBackToBeauty you can adjust only certain parts of the composition like here for example the direct lighting:



You can combine these method and gain really good control over your lighting.

Keep in mind that all of this is not physically accurate. You will gain best looking materials and overall quality of your final images if you think of it as a real life photograph.
In a photograph you will need to add artificial lighting to this space. It is not normal for such a large room to be light only by this window. It will inevitably be dark in the middle or burned out around the window.

[niem_akhtar]

Thanks for the help, will add some artificial lights, I’ll try the crypto and backtobeauty as well and see if it helps

kind regards