SCENE SETTINGS
I used actually a Vray Sun plus HDR image as a background + A cylindrical Scene Background image. I placed Skyportals in all openings, minding to set subdivisions to 32 to avoid splotchiness. Also the Sun size is a bit larger (2 or 3) to have smoother shadows, and its shadows subdvis are also 32.
In the following images you can see VfR option parameters.
The scene took 8 hours to render and was 1400 x 2000 px. I allowed such a long time only because it was a personal project, otherwise I would have set everything differently. My machine is a Quadcore with 16 GB of Ram, and a i7 – 2600 Processor , 3.40 GHz of second generation, 64 bit system. Irradiance map was set min -4 and max -4.
RAW RENDER
Actually The RAW render does not differ from the final that much, because the lighting was just fine. I only had to adjust the levels a bit.
In Photoshop I adjusted levels, corrected a bit the color balance and put some lens flares. I don’t remember actually if I used also Adobe Lightroom in some step. It might be for the white balance, but I’m not sure though.
Further step was to bring it inside Magic Bullet looks, wich added some Hard diffusion, Color abberration, and some other filters, like vignette and some edge blurring.
Final version was obtained by bringing back the previous image and mixing it with the second one. I added some sharpening to recover the color abberration blurriness.
CONCLUSION
I was very Happy to share this making of with all of You. As you’ve seen it was not hard at all to get a beautiful image in the new v-Ray for Rhino. Anyway I must admit it took me a while to have the grasp over complex materials, and I’m still learning. I’m in the process of creating an exterior visualization which I want to be really complex, at least for a Rhino user, who has not all 3dsMax plugins and toys. Said that, I envite You to visit my blog, and share some of your thoughts about anything you want.
Besides that, I want to thank Matus for this opportunity and for his frienship. Hugs my friend.
Thanks for reading.
Fede
Great ‘making of’ , but just one thing, next time don’t forget to apply “edge softness” before placing the logo (just a joke)
Yeah…you’re right!!! thanks, I saw it, but liked the result…maybe I’ll convert it to my logo!!
Bravo Fede! Gracias por compartir esta experiencia con nosotros!!! y a FA por brindarte este espacio. :)
Thanks!
More of these kind of tutorials are needed!
thanks a lot, this is fantastic!
Can I ask you… where did you found the model of tree?
you mean the one from the casting shadows?
*find
I am still trying to understand and apply these values to learn but this project is just one of those wows and also the tutorial has a wonderful description..
Thanks for sharing, looks great!
Great tutorial! How did you place the image onto the wrapped cylinder?
can we please have tutorials on how to do these kitchens?
thank you
Go to the Page 2 and 3 (links are placed at the end of the article) to see the tutorial.
hi can any one tell similar site for 3ds max please..
thank you for tutorial but i m new at photoshop so could u open a bit more what u did in photoshop.
Awesome Tutorial. This has really inspired me to get better with VfR. How did you go about getting the background on that cylindrical surface? I understand getting the HDR on the GI skylight and background. Is it just the save HDR on the cylinder? Cylindrical mapping?
It was just a jpeg put as a bitmap in the material properties of that object in rhino…that’s all!
Sweet! Thanks a lot
It´s absolutely amazing …. You’re fantasitic :D