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Is there a better forum to ask questions about learning Arch Viz? This place seems to be a ghost town.

Hi new to Arch viz and I am struggling with getting nice reflections in my windows for an exterior scene. Any help would be greatly appreciated it.

Are there any DVDs that show peoples work flow. I am interested in seeing how others model from plans.

I am interested in seeing how others model from plans. I'm always interested in learning new techniques. Was wondering if anyone knows where I should go to start my library.

Wondering what collection is going to be the best for my wallet. Quality over quantity. Who should I be looking at.

After using Brazil R/S for some time I decided to get with CGIs architectural adopted format VRay. Honestly, I feel comfortable with the renderer at this point. What I am looking for is more information on rendering passes with VRay. I didn't really have a lot of experience in architectural visualization or composting so I purchased Tim Jones's DVD Environment Creation for Production. Working through his online tutorial http://www.seraph3d.com/CompositingTutorialA02.htm he gives examples of rendering passes with the scanline renderer. My issues is that I can't get my passes to look correct with VRay. After spending two frustrating weeks with this I am at my wits end. So my question is is there a more definitive guide on rendering passes with VRay? I did find a nice script by Marc Lorenz to quickly render ambient occlusion in VRay. http://plugins.angstraum.at/vrayao/index.htm

Thanks for the reply Chris I will set that up from now on.

Thinking ahead here: I am going to have some issues with this pass because I am using opacity maps on my plants. What kind of solution can I use to get around this?