External view in Vray

[rachelC]

hello,

 

since all your good comments while i was doing an interior in vray last week, i was wondering if you could comment on my external scene please. i have 2 lights: Vray light dome RGB(215,229,255) value 1.5 and a vray direct light RGB (255,247,216) value 1.5 with vray shadow. i am rendering expodential.

what do you think?

i am still working on the textures.

Many thanks,

[Mat@MDI-Digital]

it looks good, but I think it would look better if you lowered the camera to be at head hight...its looking a little toy like that the moment

[Trevor Tizard]

I Agree with Mat...........plus I'd be tempted to move the view slightly left so you can't see out thru the back of the rear courtyard.

[ShaunDon]

My preference in doing exteriors with VRay over the years has been to stick to linear multiply. The exponential color mapping is a big help for interior scenes in preventing hotspots and burnout, however the light setup in exteriors is much simpler to control and as a rule the environment and sun multipliers should both be set to 1.0. I'll adjust the dark and bright multipliers from there if I'm not happy with the light levels.

 

Switching to eye level is also a good idea. You'll want to master the human perspective before doing an aerial -- they require a great deal more skill to pull off and still feel real, plus adding photo content in post is a lot more difficult as most products are for ground-level shots.

 

Shaun