Living room (I'm a begginer)

[Krisztian Gulyas]

Studio/Institution: I'm a begginer
Genre: Residential Interior
Software: 3ds Max
Description:

I'm 18 years old and I'd like to be a pro designer. This is my 2nd picture, so i would like you to write critics about the image. What looks nice or what should i change, are the lighting okay...? Tell me what you think about the picture.

[Boris Horosavin]

Hi Krisztian,

I won't interfere with your design, you should stick to whatever stile suits your needs (As for my taste it is maybe too intense green, but the only thing I truly dislike are the curtains). I would however like to give you a few technical hints:

First of all it is good to state which software you are using. By the looks of it I would say it's Vray. If that's the case you should recheck your overall render settings because I see some noise and light splotches on some areas which makes picture a bit grainy, blurry and undefined. I don't know which settings you're using (that is also something you should mention so that you can get most adequate answer) but I have few suggestions:

1. Use Light cache ONLY for secondary bounces

2. For primary it's best to use medium sets Irradiance map

3. Try raising Light cache subdivision and lights subdivision a bit for a higher definition

4. To remove noise and splotches try tweaking Adaptive DMC settings and lowering noise threshold

5. Use some good filter, like Catmull-Rom (sharp) or Mitchell-Netravali (smooth)

As for furniture I don't know if you modeled it yourself, but it looks as if sofas are done in cloth/garment techniques. Thy are still a bit unrefined, try checking some of Fran's tutorials which are booth easy and good (link)

That's it and if you give us some more data we could give you some more hints. Cheers.

[Krisztian Gulyas]

I used mental ray and there are no lamps, just the sun (actually two lamps above the pictures, which i don't really like).

Here are the final render settings:

Antialiasing min-1 max-16

Soft shadows multiplier 4x

Final gather - medium

FG bounces - 3

In the exposure control -> photographic exposure, i set the shutter speed to 18 and the aperture (f-stop) to 6

highlights 0.2

midtones 1.2

shadow 0.2

The Noise filterint is set to standard, but now i know i have to change to a higher quality.

I know it's hard to give tips about what should i change, when you don't even know the settings, but thanks for trying to help me.

Edited April 27, 2012 by krisztiangulyas

[Boris Horosavin]

Whoops,

Sorry dude but I am total ignorant when it comes to Mental.

[zoeb]

in not a pro kk but in my taste your wall is way too much green.and plant between sofa,its huge :-P

Anyway good luck!im hoping to be a pro too kkk