# Eastbrook

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113>\
**Category:** Gallery\
**Created:** [February 4, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113 "2017-02-04T23:58:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/1 "2017-02-04T23:58:18Z")

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I don’t think clients understands the work the goes into these bad boys :). It’s pushing and nudging everything until it falls into place.

 ![Eastbrook Townhomes.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/2X/4/43e882b848172cf107ac6b8dd1b54bd3d4ec47a9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![flino2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flino2004](https://forums.chaos.com/u/flino2004)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/2 "2017-02-05T21:02:40Z")

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a lot blue, contrast and street light in my opinion…maybe the one on the center in front of the house should be on the other house (the right one) …the red/brown door should be less reflective as well as the street light posts I think.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/3 "2017-02-05T22:29:24Z")

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The street lights are, where they are, becasue of the plan. If I move them I am sure they’ll want them back. I’ll agree about the doors and overall color temp.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/4 "2017-02-06T02:33:36Z")

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Update. Let’s see if they noticed a slide a light pole 🙂

 ![Eastbrook Townhomes.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/2X/d/d3a9278cad1f6bdf3392ffed6bef65307812951e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![flino2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flino2004](https://forums.chaos.com/u/flino2004)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/5 "2017-02-06T03:33:08Z")

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The areas where you have ambient light don’t look like they have GI …the whole scene looks very CGI way different from your previous exterior renderings

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/6 "2017-02-06T03:55:38Z")

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I’m struggling with this one; something is broken. I have rebuilt the scene several times, but something is still off with the darks.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/7 "2017-02-06T04:09:25Z")

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I don’t think it looks too terribly bad. Most of the problem was the dark siding next to the white siding.

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**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/8 "2017-02-06T09:18:04Z")

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You went the wrong way around with your highlights/shadows

Cool your highlights and warm your shadows, it just makes the whole thing pop a bit more, also make the sky fit a bit better

In PS (or Affinity Photo) stick a Color Balance adjustment layer at the very top. Then in highlights add blue and cyan. In Shadows add red and yellow.  
In my quick test with your image, for highlights -10 cyan and +10 blue, and in shadows +7 red and -7 yellow looks a bit better, but obviously tweak it to your liking

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/9 "2017-02-06T16:41:06Z")

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You guys have good eyes. I tried something new, which didn’t work.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/10 "2017-02-06T19:28:18Z")

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Okay, I followed my original post receipt. Here is an update.

 ![Eastbrook Townhomes.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/e/e/eeac1d99bc7e6fc803514d2791dbb85a417d65c3.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/11 "2017-02-06T20:15:15Z")

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Hope you dont mind:

 ![bobby.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/b/a/bafa7a9cfce9fb34dfc0c4aed0802ee09bdaa4a7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/12 "2017-02-08T18:32:13Z")

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Balanced better, hopefully.

 ![Eastbrook Townhomes 2.jpg](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/original/3X/e/7/e7cda667c75bdea29cf71cf1fc993b4005e5c9ad.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/13 "2017-02-08T18:38:56Z")

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Yes, nice. Warmer than mine.

> [@Morne](#):
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> Hope you dont mind:

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**Author:** ![Pixelcon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/pixelcon/32/22319_2.png) [@Pixelcon](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Pixelcon)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/14 "2017-02-08T21:01:54Z")

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Still looks really funky. I think your whites are way too blown out and your blacks are super black. Also the purple sky and color cast is a bit much. I tried to do a tweak but given the whites and black both being clipped, it’s impossible to recover. What does your raw render look like?

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/15 "2017-02-08T21:17:18Z")

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I might have to rebuild the scene.

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**Author:** ![Pixelcon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/pixelcon/32/22319_2.png) [@Pixelcon](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Pixelcon)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/16 "2017-02-08T21:44:22Z")

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> [@glorybound](#):
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> I might have to rebuild the scene.

Well that depends on what your raw render looks like…

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**Author:** ![windrockwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4af34b/32.png) [@windrockwater](https://forums.chaos.com/u/windrockwater)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/eastbrook/62113/17 "2017-02-09T01:57:54Z")

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That tweak you did looks very nice. The original render looked great too. But an A/B comparison is helpful.
