help required to improve lighting

[chow choppe]

hi everyone

 

please help me improve the lighting for this retail store

using vray and max 2008

 

 

i am not very happy with the lighting and its looking flat everywhere

i would want some contrast but i dont know what can be done to create that.

i am always ok types when it comes to lighting

 

please need ur suggestions to improve this

 

right now i am using vray lights in all the niches and color mapping values to light the scene

 

no photometrics till now in this scene

 

thanks

[remKa]

You could add a vray light on the right of your scene, to simulate windows, it will add more contrast to your obects.

 

If you use a vray camera, you could also decrease de F-number a little bit.

[chow choppe]

the store doesnt have a window.

its inside an airport

 

i am not using vray camera.

[remKa]

So you have to light up the right side anyway, its time to put some IES lights

[jasondutoit]

I'd recommend using linear workflow (google gamma 2.2 for 3dsmax). It helps get more light into darker area's without washing out the brighter area's as much. My renders tend to lack contrast straight out of max as a result, but I find you can push the image a lot further in photoshop to get the contrast you need. If you're using photoshop, or even G.I.M.P, you should try increase the contrast using 'Levels' and not brightness/contrast...you have more control that way.

 

Hope that helps!