First post production

[Aisha Abdulai]

First time using Photoshop for post Modelled on SketchUp and rendered in vray. Trying to create house in woods effects. Very open to feedback

[jamisonlb]

How are you creating the background?  Is the exterior all in photoshop?  

I like the composition, smoke and the general color balancing the warm and cool tones.  

A few comments I have.

1. To my eye the forest looks out of scale and a bit blurry.

2. I would try to get something in the foreground a tree trunk or something similar to give a bit of depth and detail.

3. I would try to layer the forest background so you can create a bit of atmospheric depth. Lightening or darkening parts of the forest that are farther back.

4. Maybe add a tree closer to the structure that overlaps part of the building or window to make it feel nestled in the woods. 

[Aisha Abdulai]

thanks so much for commenting, i have been going through it and did another with a different background but still the same concept

[jamisonlb]

NIce work! 

That looks awesome!  I would maybe move or remove the left tree it seems to crowd the image a  bit, but otherwise a great improvement.  

[Aisha Abdulai]

Like this? I have some questions, how do you colour grade on photoshop and what's the best wat to use colour lookup. 

[jamisonlb]

Color grading is not my strong suit and I don't use a very calculated approach and do a lot of adjusting until it "feels" right to me.  I use curves a lot more than LUT's.

As for the composition is feels a bit crowded.  Here is a quick and dirty adjustment adding a bit of space and using a general rule of thirds making sure there is more breathing room in the quadrants.   

The tree on the left still seems a bit close to the cabin but it was hard to adjust in a flattened image.  

[Aisha Abdulai]

oh I'm just seeing the left tree thing, thanks. Yeah i'll look more into the rules of composition, do you have any texts or videos to recommend for that?

 

[jamisonlb]

This is a good article. Simple and to the point. 

https://architizer.com/blog/practice/tools/the-art-of-rendering-perspectives/ 

 

There is also a book that I'm just finishing up now that is pretty awesome! Not just composition but story telling in general. 

Understanding Commics:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006097625X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Romain Brunas]

I follow to see the evolution and the final result. Like this type of project and interesting first results. Good job

[Aisha Abdulai]

On 1/6/2021 at 8:12 PM, jamisonlb said:

This is a good article. Simple and to the point. 

https://architizer.com/blog/practice/tools/the-art-of-rendering-perspectives/ 

 

There is also a book that I'm just finishing up now that is pretty awesome! Not just composition but story telling in general. 

Understanding Commics:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006097625X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks, i'll check them out