Hospital Waiting

[tcorbett]

Looking for C&C for the lighting / materials, etc.

 

This was just illustrate quality of light and privacy of the check-in areas, no furniture / people / etc just yet.

 

Thanks!

 

Tom...

[Buffalo Bills]

Not a bad start. I would reduce the saturation in your colors, add some reflections in your glass material. Are you using radiosity? Nice glass pattern with the butterflies. Where in Pittsburgh do you live?

[Brian Cassil]

If you are going for photo-real, then I would agree that the colors need to be less pronounced. However, if you are shooting for are more artistic look, then I would say the colors are just right.

 

Keep us updated.

[tcorbett]

Yeah, I should have mentioned about the colors - those are not oversaturated - those are the actual colors, as taken from the paint samples. This is a pediatric facility, so bright colors are the order of the day.

 

This was radiosity (with 1' meshing), raytracing through architectural materials. That glass through glass through glass through glass made for a looooooong render at 15 hours for 1600x1200, so the images did see a little post-processing in photoshop, rather than messing with the exposure control.

 

Any ideas as to how I can keep that level of transparency & realism, but really reduce my render times? I'm thinking either transparent shaders or texture baking.

[Brian Cassil]

I've run into this problem before as well with multiple layers of glass. My best advice would be to set refraction only on the foremost layer of glass, just let all the other planes be transparent and reflective but not refractive. This should help dramatically with render times and I don't think the visual will be affected too much.

[Elliot]

Tom,

 

I work in the healthcare industry. Your image looks very good.... However, I have a non-related question..... Are people still trying to put carpet floors in hospitals. I thought they where going to hard floors because the cross-infection and contamination problems. It has been a while since I saw a hospital with carpet. I really don't know.... maybee that is more an issue in the southeast of the US.

 

Thanks

Elliot

[anvaraziz]

nice,,,

 

can u pls share that floor map .....

[jysngltndz]

tom, i think the colors are over bleeding, since your using radiosity did you use also its lighting override? it will control those colors..

[tcorbett]

Brian;

 

Thanks - I'll give that a shot. I tried a version using a transparent shader, but it killed the daylighting. Probably forgot to use the lighting override to let the light pass through.

[tcorbett]

Elliot- Thanks. Actually I was informed after the rendering that the carpet is only going to be beyond that glass wall. The rest will be terrazzo.

[tcorbett]

Anvar - This was just a photo taken of a sample, then cleaned up in photoshop. It is a neat pattern.