W.I.P. - Interior Rendering - please critique technique

[rob2218]

work I did for client here in DC.
we are remodeling a current home owners home and had created this interior rendering.
Completely done on Archicad with a minor 'photochop' technique I use.

But for the most part...done in Archicad.

Suggestions on how to improve "technique" are welcome please.

[Dwight]

Steps to "dark toned' one.

Starting with your washed-out rendering in Photoshop:

— darken mid-tones with the LEVELS tool, increase SATURATION and GRADIENT color diagonally down from the top right: golden yello - to look like my first posted image repairing your original.
— duplicate layer - it appears ABOVE the original layer and becomes active.
— apply the "find edges" filter - you get multi-colored lines on white.
— de-saturate the layer and set blending mode to "darker color" - now you see dark linework over the original layer.
— return to the original layer, adjust saturation and levels to suit.
— Return to duplicate layer, reduce opacity to suit - to about 50%
— viola! But not as good as a cello.

[Dwight]

And reading your last post carefully and considering that you want some linework in the image, my approach there would be to eliminate the time-consuming sketch render, instead use a hidden line internal engine image placed on top of the LightWorks image in Photoshop. Then mess it up a little.