Trouble w/ interior to exterior transition
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:56 pm
Hello y'all,
This is my first post ever so you'll have to forgive the obligatory formalities that follow: I am so god d*mned grateful for Skindigo, Indigo and all of the corresponding developers, forums, downloads and experts that make this bad boy so fun to use. The program as well as the dedicated "experts" on these forums have given me the tools (and confidence) necessary to tackle the art of photo-realistic rendering. Seriously, awesome sauce to you all.
Okay, on to my cherry poppin' question. I've been using Skindigo for several weeks now and have grown pretty comfortable with interior renderings - how to set them up, material properties, light settings, etc. I'm by no means a black belt but my clients have been impressed and - at least for the time being - that will have to do. However, I am trying to use Indigo for several new projects that will require rendering a lot of exterior shots. Using some old projects I've attempted some test renders and the results are very bland, static and ....uggh, see for yourselves. I have attached an interior rendering (to show you I'm not lying) and an exterior rendering of the same project. On the exterior rendering I used Path Tracing but did not use an environmental map (or HDRi? whatever they're called) and didn't do much work on it aside from assigning materials. I realize that adding entourage of all sorts will help but I'm wondering what I can do about the overall blandness of these shots. Any suggestions, critiques, rants or otherwise would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt
This is my first post ever so you'll have to forgive the obligatory formalities that follow: I am so god d*mned grateful for Skindigo, Indigo and all of the corresponding developers, forums, downloads and experts that make this bad boy so fun to use. The program as well as the dedicated "experts" on these forums have given me the tools (and confidence) necessary to tackle the art of photo-realistic rendering. Seriously, awesome sauce to you all.
Okay, on to my cherry poppin' question. I've been using Skindigo for several weeks now and have grown pretty comfortable with interior renderings - how to set them up, material properties, light settings, etc. I'm by no means a black belt but my clients have been impressed and - at least for the time being - that will have to do. However, I am trying to use Indigo for several new projects that will require rendering a lot of exterior shots. Using some old projects I've attempted some test renders and the results are very bland, static and ....uggh, see for yourselves. I have attached an interior rendering (to show you I'm not lying) and an exterior rendering of the same project. On the exterior rendering I used Path Tracing but did not use an environmental map (or HDRi? whatever they're called) and didn't do much work on it aside from assigning materials. I realize that adding entourage of all sorts will help but I'm wondering what I can do about the overall blandness of these shots. Any suggestions, critiques, rants or otherwise would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Matt