The more I use Railcone, the easier it is getting, but it is a lot of work. The roof and siding is Railclone goodness.
Coming along nicely. The copper is a little too red and reflective/clean to my liking. Glad you find RC useful. For cladding like this, shouldn’t be that much of a hassle. I can see your roof through the windows of the dormers though :). And your vegetation is a little too blueish.
Did you use rail clone for the roof as well? The pattern on the garage roof is to repetitive. Can you vary the width of the shingles?
Something is wonky on the garage roof and I am working on this. Yes, it is railclone
Looks like you have two sorts of lawn too.
Well, it might be hard to tell, but the camera is on a different plane than the house. I put that little path, which leads to a few steps, to kind of clue people about the difference in elevation. Also, like you said, there is different grass on the higher plane, which isn’t nicely landscaped as the lower plane.
Try using the Reflection or Raw Reflection elements in “Normal” blending mode in PS. Then adjust the opacity (instead of the usual add mode)
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Try using the Reflection or Raw Reflection elements in “Normal” blending mode in PS. Then adjust the opacity (instead of the usual add mode)
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Well you’re reflecting dark shadows, what did you expect would happen 
won’t make much difference unless your lighting is different.
I have an HDRI wrapped around the house, so it isn’t any different than my regular workflow. I think the black windows are making things look different than they usually do.
Maybe throw some window coverings inside might help a bit?
I have been seeing a trend of no curtains on renderings. I am not sure why, but they always ask for them to be removed. I’ll try it on this on, at least for myself.
Yea I can see their point, different curtains and or blinds can add or seriously detract the visual appeal of the home. What about turning on a couple incandescent (yellow-ish) lights in a couple rooms to tone down the black and keeping the light temp to a much warmer temp compared to the lighting outside?
Hey Bobby,
Could you put a percentage of time saved on a structure with the help of railclone? I totally see the value of FP at $240 but for railclone at that same price? Maybe I just don’t do enough structural 3d work or modeling.
I like the gnome btw 
So far, it is taking more time using Railclone, but the quality is better. Avoiding V-Ray’s displacement render time hit makes it worth it.