decorators3 Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Hi I've attached a screen shot of an exterior rendering I did for a client. Can someone tell me if this is good and how I can improve on my rendering techniques. Guessing its a mix of lighting and adjustments plus I notice the various backdrops make a huge difference in the overall color effect .. Am I on the right track?? all advice is welcome Many thanks Levina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted November 1 Share Posted November 1 More study and practise is the only useful advice to offer you. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Levina, The front facade is in shadow. I'd play with the sun settings to get some direct lighting. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBCooper Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 This might just be me... but wouldn't those asymmetric windows look better if they were mirrored? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 On 10/31/2024 at 8:13 AM, decorators3 said: all advice is welcome 1) watch the video posted by Gawdzira - rendering in Chief is basically photography 101 2) your materials on the building are not high enough quality. 3) Your main image is about selling the design. You don’t have to include every square inch of the facade, that’s what the plans and elevations are for. Try to follow a perspective like the attached image… (maybe not relevant to the post, but your building violates every fire code in the book) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 1 hour ago, Michael_Gia said: 1) watch the video posted by Gawdzira - rendering in Chief is basically photography 101 2) your materials on the building are not high enough quality. 3) Your main image is about selling the design. You don’t have to include every square inch of the facade, that’s what the plans and elevations are for. Try to follow a perspective like the attached image… (maybe not relevant to the post, but your building violates every fire code in the book) This is very good. The perspective is viewed as from a car driving by. Lavina, when viewed from the driveway or lawn, set the camera at about 5' from grade - currently you are standing about 8'ish high. More sky, less ground. Your window reflections are looking really good! As Jim said, move the sun around to help cast more shadow. This is not always the case depending on the look you are after, but shadows can help give more life to a more simple structure. Download PixPlant and start to create your own materials. Better materials as Michael mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Another thought -- to make the building look "lived in", I'd suggest adding people, car(s), outdoor furniture, etc. Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdzira Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 I know there are people with the time, skill and budget to create very photo real images. My preference for most presentations is using the PBR with line overlays. I generally have the line thickness set to .25 for a very subtle punch out of edges but it still keeps it on the sketch render end of the rendering spectrum. I rarely use a 3d tree for that reason since that would be a graphic mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 I thank you all for your comments - this forum is soo good. This client sent me their plans, also the materials and colors they wanted for the exterior as well as the window style... I'm liking the idea of people, cars etc,,, CA only has silhouettes.. where can I get people ... I am going to follow all of your suggestions Thanks a lot -- 60% of my renderings are exterior so I'm really wanting to get it as good as I can is there a particular version of PIXPLANT I should download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 43 minutes ago, JKEdmo said: Another thought -- to make the building look "lived in", I'd suggest adding people, car(s), outdoor furniture, etc. Jim thanks Jim good idea - where to find people !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKEdmo Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 2 hours ago, decorators3 said: where to find people !! There may be some 3D people in Chief -- not exactly sure. I am no render pro so I'll defer to the forum experts. But, one trick is to add people later to the rendering as simple 2D images or "decals" using Photoshop or Gimp. An old coworker of mine used this technique a lot -- he was really great at 3D renders -- and I thought it was really effective and convincing. Another advantage is it is fast. Here's an example (done in Revit) that shows the technique: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 3 Author Share Posted November 3 1 minute ago, JKEdmo said: There may be some 3D people in Chief -- not exactly sure. I am no render pro so I'll defer to the forum experts. But, one trick is to add people later to the rendering as simple 2D images or "decals" using Photoshop or Gimp. An old coworker of mine used this technique a lot -- he was really great at 3D renders -- and I thought it was really effective and convincing. Another advantage is it is fast. Here's an example (done in Revit) that shows the technique: Thanks Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 3 Author Share Posted November 3 3 hours ago, stevenyhof said: This is very good. The perspective is viewed as from a car driving by. Lavina, when viewed from the driveway or lawn, set the camera at about 5' from grade - currently you are standing about 8'ish high. More sky, less ground. Your window reflections are looking really good! As Jim said, move the sun around to help cast more shadow. This is not always the case depending on the look you are after, but shadows can help give more life to a more simple structure. Download PixPlant and start to create your own materials. Better materials as Michael mentioned. Hi Steve What was the site you mentioned in one of your posts where I can download free HDRI scenery and people. I did download just about all your backdrops- water splashes- shadow trees-etc. but mid September I had a computer virus which knocked out my CA program and all the downloads I had taken from you.. BTW Thanks 1 hour ago, stevenyhof said: This is very good. The perspective is viewed as from a car driving by. Lavina, when viewed from the driveway or lawn, set the camera at about 5' from grade - currently you are standing about 8'ish high. More sky, less ground. Your window reflections are looking really good! As Jim said, move the sun around to help cast more shadow. This is not always the case depending on the look you are after, but shadows can help give more life to a more simple structure. Download PixPlant and start to create your own materials. Better materials as Michael mentioned. thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 4 Author Share Posted November 4 On 11/2/2024 at 6:28 PM, stevenyhof said: This is very good. The perspective is viewed as from a car driving by. Lavina, when viewed from the driveway or lawn, set the camera at about 5' from grade - currently you are standing about 8'ish high. More sky, less ground. Your window reflections are looking really good! As Jim said, move the sun around to help cast more shadow. This is not always the case depending on the look you are after, but shadows can help give more life to a more simple structure. Download PixPlant and start to create your own materials. Better materials as Michael mentioned. Hi Steve attached is the planfor ca steve.plan for ca steve.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorators3 Posted November 4 Author Share Posted November 4 On 11/2/2024 at 6:28 PM, stevenyhof said: This is very good. The perspective is viewed as from a car driving by. Lavina, when viewed from the driveway or lawn, set the camera at about 5' from grade - currently you are standing about 8'ish high. More sky, less ground. Your window reflections are looking really good! As Jim said, move the sun around to help cast more shadow. This is not always the case depending on the look you are after, but shadows can help give more life to a more simple structure. Download PixPlant and start to create your own materials. Better materials as Michael mentioned. Hi Steve Plan attached- removed a lot of excess so it could upload for ca steve.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenyhof Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aereed82 Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 In my experience renderings come down to a few major things. Having the right backdrop so that it is not throwing colors into your rendering you don't want. Having really good materials. Materials seem to be one of the biggest things that make my renderings look really good or really bad. I run the ACES rendering with pretty much out of the box settings. I use only the backdrop for lighting. This ranges anywhere from 18k to 20k outside and 2k to 7k inside. Once I am ready to do my rendering I bump up the sharpening, set the sample range from 800 to 2500 depending on the shot, and make sure ambient occlusion is 100%. From there it is just messing with it until you get the scene to look right. Rene Rabbitt has a really good VIP YouTube channel that I have picked up a ton of tricks with for rendering. I would highly suggest giving it a try. This is one I am playing with right now. When Chief launched X16 it really gave us the ability to do some really cool renders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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