Making of Wood/Concrete WCby Mario Nogueira Web: www.rip3d.net


Rendering

As I said previously, for rendering I Use Vray, for me this Render engine is very useful, either in interior or exterior Architectural renderings. 

I do always the same things before rendering final Images…

-  Ensure I have a good subdivision in the Materials parameters (Both in Reflection and Refraction Slots).

- If I have a value in the Refl. Glossiness (Reflection) or in the Glossiness (Refraction) less than 1.0 I must increase the subdivisions to remove the noise from the material.

-  25-50 Subdivisions is good for almost every material

-  8-12 Subdivisions is good for Metals like Chrome; gold; Stainless steel…, Etc…Note: Remember, if you increase the subdivision the render time will increase too. So try to balance between materials and render time… if a material is less visible you don’t need to increase the subdivisions!!!

- Test renders to View models/materials in place end light.

Light/render Tests in Vray always take longer because this is a very slow render engine, the fastest method I have is in the following parameters (FIG. 19)



This will create a very ugly and noisy render but is fast, you can see the models/materials in place and if you need more light, or not.

- Ensure nothing is blocking the lights; in these case I have the Background plane, the plane is blocking the sun light because is very close to the window. (FIG. 20)

For that, I go to the Object Properties and uncheck Both Receive and Cast shadows.



Finally, the Final render…

My Interiors almost the times have the same final render settings (FIG. 21)



After the render I always make some color correction with Photoshop, to give that Glow look in some pictures in Photoshop I duplicate the layer and then go to Filters > Blur > Gaussian Blur (2.0 Pixels Radius) Blend with the Original layer using Lighter Color and change the Fill Value until I get a good result. (FIG. 22)



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