render different siding colors workflow

andreg · July 1st, 2008

Hi guys,

I have this client that want a few renders of the same building but with different siding colors (one render for each color). I know this is something easy to do by just replacing the maps but I was wondering if there is a trick to get this done faster than rendering each image? Would the render elements be used for something like this? Is there a quick tip that someone has and would be willing to share?

Hoping to get some feedback on this before I send them the quote.

Thanks

Ky Lane · July 1st, 2008

Photoshop

Make it all white, and just put an overlay layer with your fav color, or even just add a "color overlay" modifier to the layer. Would take you 2secs to change it then.

But, thats only if theres no light bouncing off it, you may need to do some speccy photoshop then.

andreg · July 1st, 2008

thanks... forgot about our good ol buddy photoshop. Head was too crowded to think straight on this one.

Ky Lane · July 1st, 2008

crazy homeless guy · July 1st, 2008

you can use render elements to render out a selection mask to make it easier to select in photoshop to create the color overlay.

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andreg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntingdon, Quebec Posts: 158 Name: Andre Gariepy	render different siding colors workflow Hi guys, I have this client that want a few renders of the same building but with different siding colors (one render for each color). I know this is something easy to do by just replacing the maps but I was wondering if there is a trick to get this done faster than rendering each image? Would the render elements be used for something like this? Is there a quick tip that someone has and would be willing to share? Hoping to get some feedback on this before I send them the quote. Thanks __________________ Andre Gariepy J27 Design and viz http://www.j27design.blogspot.com

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Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 832 Name: Ky Lane	Re: render different siding colors workflow Photoshop Make it all white, and just put an overlay layer with your fav color, or even just add a "color overlay" modifier to the layer. Would take you 2secs to change it then. But, thats only if theres no light bouncing off it, you may need to do some speccy photoshop then.

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andreg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntingdon, Quebec Posts: 158 Name: Andre Gariepy	Re: render different siding colors workflow thanks... forgot about our good ol buddy photoshop. Head was too crowded to think straight on this one. __________________ Andre Gariepy J27 Design and viz http://www.j27design.blogspot.com

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Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 832 Name: Ky Lane	Re: render different siding colors workflow

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crazy homeless guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: san francisco Posts: 2,770 Name: travis schmiesing	Re: render different siding colors workflow you can use render elements to render out a selection mask to make it easier to select in photoshop to create the color overlay. __________________ travis schmiesing

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