My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting

guitarboy · February 19th, 2007

Hi everyone,

This is my first time having a go at using Vray HDRI lighting, and any tips on how to improve my pics would be greatly appreciated.

i do apoloigise to start with becuase these pics arnt complete. the materials and background etc are only temp, the main foucs on these pics was more just to have a go at the lighting, which i know came out pretty dark.

Thanks in advance for any help.

alias_marks · February 19th, 2007

brrrrr....looks chilly. It's looking fresh so far but definitely could use some warm direct light in combination with your HDRI. Sometimes you can get some nice hard shadows with a bright light source HDRI, but I find most of the time it's best to use them in combination with a direct light to cast some hard shadows...that is, if you are trying to portray a sunny day.

So far looking pretty good though. Just as a quick improvement I would drag your HDRI environment to the reflection slot too. I don't see your background reflected in your windows yet.

give us some updates as you continue.

DownTown MikeBrown

Trevor Tizard · February 20th, 2007

Deselecting the "Vignetting" check box on the physical camera will brighten the edges of your image too.

guitarboy · February 20th, 2007

hey thanks for the comments, i always wondered y my edges were so damn dark, who ever thought of that setting being default on in vray should be dragged out in the middle of the road and shot in the foot.

and the main reason the whole pic looks so dank and dark is because thats basically the only hdri image i have atm, i have been told of a few places i can get some more freebees, so once i get my hands on them and brighten up my pic, ill repost it.

taprice · February 20th, 2007

Looks good sir, I've gotta give Vray another try one of these days.

Ky Lane · February 20th, 2007

Not bad Josh. Just throw in a nice direct light mate.

Good to see another Brissy person on here.

guitarboy · February 20th, 2007

Hey there Ky, not really sure if i count as a true brissy person, i only moved up here to try and get my foot in the door to do arch vis. but stuck in mark ups within an architectural firm. arrrgh! hahaha, but ill get there one day.

all my work is self taught and done at home in the wee hrs of the nite/ morning, whenever i get some time to do some.

Ky Lane · February 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by guitarboy

Hey there Ky, not really sure if i count as a true brissy person, i only moved up here to try and get my foot in the door to do arch vis. but stuck in mark ups within an architectural firm. arrrgh! hahaha, but ill get there one day.

all my work is self taught and done at home in the wee hrs of the nite/ morning, whenever i get some time to do some.

Same boat as me. Still teaching myself till the wee hours.

Plenty of work in Bris for it.

Keep it up.

stylEmon · February 23rd, 2007

looks nice. The sky doesnt match the lighting tho.

guitarboy · February 25th, 2007

Hey, this is a bit of an update on my previous renders, sorry its taken a bit of time, too much work on at work.

Anyway, im not that happy with these, still cant get the lighting with the hdri correct. im still trying to work out how i can warm up the overall pic a bit, i might have to try throwing in a direct light with a slight yellow tint, see if that helps at all. still havent touched materials etc yet.

any comments or advice is more then welcome as usual.

February 19th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
alias_marks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, CO Age: 25 Posts: 322 Name: Michael Brown	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting brrrrr....looks chilly. It's looking fresh so far but definitely could use some warm direct light in combination with your HDRI. Sometimes you can get some nice hard shadows with a bright light source HDRI, but I find most of the time it's best to use them in combination with a direct light to cast some hard shadows...that is, if you are trying to portray a sunny day. So far looking pretty good though. Just as a quick improvement I would drag your HDRI environment to the reflection slot too. I don't see your background reflected in your windows yet. give us some updates as you continue. DownTown MikeBrown __________________ www.DownTownMikeBrown.com

February 20th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
Trevor Tizard Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London - ish Age: 38 Posts: 435 Name: Trevor Tizard	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting Deselecting the "Vignetting" check box on the physical camera will brighten the edges of your image too.

February 20th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
guitarboy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane Age: 23 Posts: 139 Name: Josh Bowell	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting hey thanks for the comments, i always wondered y my edges were so damn dark, who ever thought of that setting being default on in vray should be dragged out in the middle of the road and shot in the foot. and the main reason the whole pic looks so dank and dark is because thats basically the only hdri image i have atm, i have been told of a few places i can get some more freebees, so once i get my hands on them and brighten up my pic, ill repost it.

February 20th, 2007	#5 (permalink)
taprice Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Age: 32 Posts: 78 Name: Tim Price	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting Looks good sir, I've gotta give Vray another try one of these days. __________________ tim price

February 20th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 31 Posts: 924 Name: Ky Lane	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting Not bad Josh. Just throw in a nice direct light mate. Good to see another Brissy person on here.

February 20th, 2007	#7 (permalink)
guitarboy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane Age: 23 Posts: 139 Name: Josh Bowell	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting Hey there Ky, not really sure if i count as a true brissy person, i only moved up here to try and get my foot in the door to do arch vis. but stuck in mark ups within an architectural firm. arrrgh! hahaha, but ill get there one day. all my work is self taught and done at home in the wee hrs of the nite/ morning, whenever i get some time to do some.

February 23rd, 2007	#9 (permalink)
stylEmon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: phx Posts: 171 Name: Nick Pitcavage	Re: My first effort at Vray HDRI lighting looks nice. The sky doesnt match the lighting tho.

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