Post production tips

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Hey everyone, hope all is well out there.

 

I've been working on this hospital for a while now and have gotten this final guy rendered out. I'm most interested your ideas on some good tweaks to do in post production (photoshop) to help the image punch a little.

 

I've added a settle glow around my brighter areas but just wanted to get some fresh eyes on this one.

 

Other crits welcome as well.

 

http://mike.downtown.googlepages.com/progress.204.jpg

 

Thanks a ton, take care

 

DownTown MikeBrown

[Tim Saunders]

Here are a few things I occasionally will do on some of my exteriors.

 

1-You probably noticed I moved the would scene down a bit. Too much parking really bugs me. It can easily get you to start checking out the cars, and the curb details and stuff that really isn't important.

2-I started by creating a new layer and just lightly coloring some corners and shaded areas black. I also shaded the corners and the foreground a bit just to add some brightness progression as you look further into the image.

3-Then I looked to see what I thought should be some focus areas of the building. I created another new layer, and I started lightly blotching some white highlights offer those areas. Then I changed the blending mode to an overlay. (I showed this over a black background just so you can see where the white is.)

4-Lastly, I noticed there was no HDRI effects of the environment, so I faked it. I picked a few neutral earthy tones, and just started painting stripes across the scene. Generally, this will depend on the background image you use. Yours is pretty blue, so I didn't get too colorful. I usually feel like you can start fairly dark and earthy toward the base or foundation of the building, then gradually get brighter and more colorful toward the top. I also use an overlay blending mode for that layer too. Then play with the opacity a bit.

 

PS. Shouldn't there be a ton of snow all over the place in Denver?

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Timothy, just thought you had some great tips there. Thanks for the in depth help. I think You've really hit on some good points. One thing I think helped a lot that I've never done before is darken up some of the corners. I think your changes have really helped to take the focus off of the parking lot and moved it towards the building.

 

Great stuff. I'll post my progress when I get back to work tomorrow.

 

Thanks again for really taking the time to give some good quality feedback.

 

DownTown MikeBrown