vray interior a bit dark

[qwarto]

i'm lost doing mr rendering so i started with vray and here's my attemp. can anyone help me improve on my lighting and rendering it seems to me its a bit dark. i have 1 direct light and 1 vraylight just outside the window. i'm using 3dsmax 6

[kaylmyers]

post your render settings...

[makemono]

I think that you should play a little (if everything else is ok) with the color mapping.Try exponential or gamma correction and play with the settings.

Also you can play with the vray's frame buffer, which has a real time curve.

And if you want change the color of the sky.It's a little strange and unusual that sky and that light.Try sth softer and whitish with a blue tint.When we see your setting we might help more:)

[kingkelly]

I would throw in another vray light pointing at that corner. And in vray under color mapping (or whatever the rollout is called), up the darkness value to 2. That will brighten up all the dark areas.

[arquiteck09]

the "exponential" option under color mapping settings mey help as well.

[Tim Nelson]

It's all about gamma corrected rendering. It has been the topic of much discussion on the vray forums lately, and Chris Nichols covers it on his interiors dvd as well.

 

Basically it explains why Vray renderings always seem to start out being too dark with too many hot spots when using linear color mapping.

 

(hint: try using gamma correction color mapping and set the bright mult. to .4545) There's more to it than that, but that will set you in the right direction.

[Christopher Nichols]

A quick look at Throb's page may get you started:

 

http://throb.net/site_main/LinearWorkflow.html