Hi all, have finally plucked up the courage to upload a few images!!! Been using max for one and a half years and VRAY 6 months so all C&C very welcome as have loads to learn…
Nice and clean! Great job! I might make the floor tiles slightly more reflective and glossy. The light being cast on the wall just above the elevator looks a little to strong IMO.
were you using ies lighting?
Nice renders…and nice composition too!
Very nice images!
I would add just little touch of s-curve in PS
Would have to agree, very nice images…a little post goes along way
As the others said, nice and clean, well balanced compositions.
Colorwise it needs some saturation and contrast. They are too grey (because of LWF probably)
I got a quick go at your first render, hope you don’t mind..
After/Before
> duplicated layer > slight saturation (10-20) > put in soft light blend mode > layer opacity (40-50)
Saturation gives it a warmer feel, soft light to add some contrast (it’s like applying an s-curve)
Hi everyone, thanks for all the great comments and help. You’ve cheered up my Monday morning! 
MHenry - I agree re the light above the elevator. Would reducing the burn value help here?
Da_elf - I used a mixture of IES and VRAY lights I used IES for the wall fittings and VRAY for the ceiling.
Thanks VKNT and AtlJimK for the post advice. We do use LWF here and I can see how much warmer your images look with some post. We’re trying to make a case for photoshop here as we only have Paint Shop Pro at the moment 
I’ll see if I can reproduce your effects in that later but it doesn’t seem as flexible…
Have a good day…
I really really gave it a short but painful torture in photoshop. I’m in school right now on a questionable lcd screen, but your images were a little ‘dead’. Too much grey, pretty cold and a little on the desaturated side.
I’m not sure if i went in the right direction because of the above mentioned screen but what i wanted to do is to blow the walls out a bit.
Hi pailhead,
Thanks for comments. I’ve done a bit of post work this morning in Paint Shop, using the info VKNT gave me and I think it’s definitely warming the image up:
After:
Before:
I’ll start using this more to give more depth to the final images
It still looks pretty dead, at least you need to adjust the contrast.
It still looks pretty dead, at least you need to adjust the contrast.
OK, maybe I’m being too cautious as I’ve not done post work on my images before.
Here it is with more saturation:
Any other tips re post amendments that you would usually use?
Much better…!
Good work Sarah! Who ever taught you VRay in 6 months must really know their stuff 
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Dan
Good work Sarah! Who ever taught you VRay in 6 months must really know their stuff .
Some bloke who sits near me called Dan Brew - he’s pretty s**t hot actually - do you know him? 
looking pretty good. I’m just still a bit bothered by that sharp light right above the elevator.
looking pretty good. I’m just still a bit bothered by that sharp light right above the elevator.
Thanks Yep I agree re the light. I’ve not done any re-renders to correct it yet, just been trying some post. Will have another look at it in the week…
Some bloke who sits near me called Dan Brew - he’s pretty s**t hot actually - do you know him?
<<Embarrassed>> I can’t take any credit for this one, all your own work.
I really like the renders and I think that the post work has given them a really nice warm feel. Nice work!
Nice to hear about some fellow Vrayers on the Quays! I felt a bit lonely over here!
really nice work. Looks like a cool project as well
in terms of post work…a lot of it is just personal preference, but if its a marketing image you kind of need that bit of extra punch even at the expense of losing accuracy in how your materials look (to a certain point). I think it helps to get another opinion regarding how much tweaking is required from someone who may be the person looking through the newspaper/ on the sign. I think in general, brighter and more contrast is more noticable.
When you have done the job from start to finish and you are looking at it in terms of accuracy, i know it can be hard to butcher the image in PS!