Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 guys i have a studio environment setup, i have my model in it. I have rendered it at full HD and then in photoshop i want to add text, but i was also hoping the background in photoshop would be pristine white when it is actually greyish and makes the image look dirty. I have attached an example of how i want my final image to look. Pristine white background, with rendered model and shadows visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 take it into photoshop, do a curves adjustment layer and pull the white point down a bit using 'show clipping' until your background whites out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 you my friend are a legend, i have been playing with exposure control for hours hahahaha do you do much of this type of work matt??? as in 3d for marketing/advertising material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 i've noticed a lot of people on this forum struggling to reproduce things in their 3D software that can be achieved in post in about 4 seconds - rendering grass using hair or fur is my personal favourite day-to-day chuckle... i haven't done any of the type of 'white backdrop' advertising work you are showing there dave, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 i'm not too familiar with photoshop just yet, but i'm getting there, bout some good training material from gnomonology and slowly working my way through it along with my photoshop books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 also the level adjustment layer, is there any way of doing it so it only affects the white backdrop?? when i adjust the whitepoint setting, it also affects the colours of my shadows and also how green my model is? yes its a green piggy bank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 it worked to a degree, thanks for the help, here's the end result, full poster not finished yet, just used the example i first posted as inspiration to add text to the render, but as i say still got more to add to the poster. it eventually going to be a green sheep 'piggy bank' surrounded by pink pig 'piggy banks', and funnily enough its an advert for a bank savings account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 ok so i forgot to attach the image?? only prob is, green has now become slightly washed out with level adjustment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 render out a channel for your object and use it as a mask for your adjustment layer. might want to just paint some white in the top left corner there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 You can also duplicate the layer and then change the new layers mode to soft light (I think...) and this will boost the colours in your green piggy bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 It also amaises me how many people feel that doing it in photoshop os cheating, Photoshop skills are essential for pulling off fantastic renders. Photoshop is thy friend jhv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 cheers guys, i don't see PS as cheating i just don't know how to use it properly cheers tho guys the soft light duplicate layer worked a treat cheers tommy matt: not too sure how to render my object out as a channel??? would i also need to render out a shadow pass??? so that my shadows aren't affected by the levels adjustment layer??? finally i will eventually be adding depth of field, should i do this in post??? and if so, what is the best tool to use?? plugins for PS etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
own1221 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 i've noticed a lot of people on this forum struggling to reproduce things in their 3D software that can be achieved in post in about 4 seconds - rendering grass using hair or fur is my personal favourite day-to-day chuckle... i haven't done any of the type of 'white backdrop' advertising work you are showing there dave, no. With the grass you mean PSing it in right? i've been telling these people for ages...nowthey got quad cores just to do the grass..oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 cheers guys, i don't see PS as cheating i just don't know how to use it properly cheers tho guys the soft light duplicate layer worked a treat cheers tommy matt: not too sure how to render my object out as a channel??? would i also need to render out a shadow pass??? so that my shadows aren't affected by the levels adjustment layer??? finally i will eventually be adding depth of field, should i do this in post??? and if so, what is the best tool to use?? plugins for PS etc You will need to render your shadows onto a matte object. DOF can be done in post very effectively. If you have the power at your disposal, do it in the render engine tho. In post, I would recommend the DOF Pro plugin. Should come up with google. Is this for print or web? If this is print, make sure you are working in CMYK in PS, you'll lose half those beautiful greens when it prints for sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 yeh its going to be for print and web, only a simple exercise but should look quite good when it is finished. and as far as cmyk goes, i'm already there but thanks for the info, i made that mistake when i first started using PS. but the image i posted was from when i was working in CMYK. so hopefully colours will print as shown. been playing with the same sheep model today using hair and fur for a bit of fun. here are the results. with regards to the print based render, i just wanted to make a nice clean simple image that was pleasing on the eye and looked professional, so will post it when it is complete. anyway, heres the furry little devil. took bloody ages to render (30000 hairs), would love comments on this one aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 lol, thats awesome. I think we should have a forum on these boardes for non-architectural rendering. I know there are other websites for it, but I only do them occasionaly and would like top share them with my regular peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 wow, first time any1 has ever said my work is awesome and it was only a little bit of fun haha, but thank you my friend gonna send it in to 3d world ahaha, watch this space. joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illegalalieninbeijing Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 That is just adorable! I'd like to have one please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Buckley Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 haha, thanks, you can get the model for free from aversis.be they focus on vray but i rendered this with MR. not sure if the models are royalty free?? if they are i shall do more work on it, get it looking good and then send it off to 3d world just for the crack, see if it gets printed. then you can all have one you can cut the page out and stick it on your walls, and tell on your friends about it, and gain me maximum exposure althought i don't really wanna land a job making furry balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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