Just starting out

[tylerl]

Any comments on how to improve this render? I'm a student at Boston Architectural College taking 3dsmax for the first time.

[Corey Beaulieu]

That's a cool shot. A Good start to Max for sure.

 

The 3 things I notice that could help the render are:

 

1. The lights are burning small spots in the reflections. if you go into the Modify tab of the lights, you will find a menu called "Advanced Effects" where you can un-tick specular and keep the light value, but ditch the burn. (This May be a this camera only thing)

 

2. The Chair looks like it has a marble texture... I think those are typically a Leather. Just sayin'

 

3. You should consider a Lens Blur in Photoshop for depth of field. Something where you keep the chair and general foreground in Focus, but then blur the background softly or vice-versa. this would be common for a "real" camera. It can't general focus on 2 depths at once so either the Chir or the Background would be out of focus.

 

Nice Job though. Especially for your first time out.

[tylerl]

The material for the chair was an aged leather so it had those cracks you see in worn leather but there is a strange reflection on it that is giving it a awkward look. I had rendered a image of just the chair and it looked much better so I'm not sure where this went wrong. I swear I wouldn't make a marble chair....