New Render

[Anonymous]

Original Topic..

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=21769&highlight=#21769

Final.. well almost final.. Dwight I know some dirt and Post effects would help but I have 4 fewer arms than others and only 24 hours per day to work. Forgot to rotate driveway pillars!

[Rakela Raul]

very nice sir

[Anonymous]

Thanks Rakela, Nik... Yes I know it is too clean though the building genies here in Atlanta can actuallly build and landscape this perfectly

Still learning SPD and dirt to add more "reality"..

[Anonymous]

Very Nice... and by the way, I think the grass looks better that the so obviously repetitive pattern you would get using the default Grass texture.

Woody

[Anonymous]

I notice the Exteriors Trees, must be in C4D - right. If so you can easily apply the texture image to the bump map, which will add an extra touch of realism in no time.

Really nice design and image.

Mark

[Dwight]

I’m grateful to Rashid for sending me his model as we’ve all had a good look at his fine effort in Cinema to render the ArchiCAD model. In particular, since I don’t do this kind of design work, I need models from others to prepare my lessons. Still looking for a cute middle-sized commercial building with lots of glass. Help!! Free rendering for the right project!!!

Here’s what I did with it:

1: sun object : five suns at 40, golden yellow.
2: skylite at 60, light blue – see how it fills the shadows with cool color ???
3: ambient 25% - to compensate for a flaw in lightworks where shadows in white areas go suddenly to black – the soffits in this case. Still not happy. Will make undersoffit material glow in next try.
4: Onyx trees instead of the lowpoly Cinema trees – no good in ArchiCAD, anyway. I am an advocate of dark uninteresting foliage that doesn’t make a splash. Silly flower from archaic Medley library just for example.
5: took the saturation down on most materials.
6: Enhanced the depth mapping on the bricks and stone. maybe too much. Depends on the spec. How Rustic? Better than shiny flat Cinema approach.
7: MOST IMPORTANT: Stood a windo lite to shine into the front door alcove.
8: Goofed on foliage perforations – can’t make pattern and transparent in LightWorks – used too-coarse pattern for holes to simulate translucency. Better luck next time.
9: Decided brown roof was softer than dark grey. Do not send taste police after me.
10: Made windo blinds warm grey to counteract nasty moiré pattern. The moon hit my eye.
11: Note LightWorks glass more lively than Cinema…


About three hours work if you don’t consider rendering time – this is the kind of work I do – ArchiCAD rendering is not automatic - there’s always tweaking.

[Anonymous]

Wow Dwight!..

Not bad.. not bad.. my comments..

While you added life to the entry you removed it (color) from the scene!
I guess the softened mood supports the lit entry better but the sky seems out of place.. too bright for the setting.
I think the back of the Boxster better than the front.. besides.. he just got there

Things I will work on.. Entry light.. but not as bright.
Trees.. will work on textures.. may switch to X-Frog
Bushes.. may be too tropical (leaf scale)
Concrete.. will add some brown or change to brick(different from house) pavers..
Grass Texture..
Increase brick/stone contrast.

I am sure Cinema 4D is much more capable than I am showing.. for now

Thanks for the priceless critiques!

[Dwight]

Certainly density and color are matters of taste. I would definitely say the two renderings tell different "stories." On looking at it in the morning, the sky is too weak, considering how dark the elements turned out.....

and so it goes.

The point of the exercise was to see how closely I could get to the quality of your cinema view since so many think the LightWorks solution to be second rate.

[Anonymous]

You know the whole thing flew over my head..

That render is Lightworks in AC! Duh!.. Now I am impressed..!

[Rakela Raul]

why dont u give ur model to somebody testing artlantis 5 now......to c some more of it.