david.s

Hi everyone! I am a new registered user of cgarchitect having been a regular visitor for a few years
I have posted a render of mine for some feedback. Please be kind!

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shaneis

Nice image, David. Perhaps a little blurry but that could be a JPEG/ reduction artifact, or your own artistic choice. Either way, it still looks good and your groundsman is doing a great job

david.s

Thanks for the feedback. I did add a subtle soft glow to the image in p/shop.

innerdream

Very nice! I might have toned the brick down a bit though, just my taste. How did you do that beautiful grass if I may ask?

david.s

Grass is a jpeg placed in the texture & grout panels of the 'Tiles' procedural texture. The jpeg in the grout panel has its output slightly lowered and the tiles preset set to Stack Bond (this is for the striped grass). Also have a fractal bumpmap set to size 12 at a value of 50. One very important tip (especially for stills) is to reduce the Blur value (in the Coordinates panel of the material slot) to 0.1 and reduce the blur value on the bumpmap to 0.3 or 0.5. This stops the grass from being soft and smooth in the render. I use this method on most materials that must remain grainy and rough such as brick or road surfaces.

innerdream

Thanks for the explanation but it's all greek to me because I don't own Max and Vray! I assume that's what you're using?

Anyhow, it looks really good you did a nice job.

toxic_box

Great Dude...can you tell me how'd you've made the grass?

innerdream

He already did.

Originally Posted by david.s
Grass is a jpeg placed in the texture & grout panels of the 'Tiles' procedural texture. The jpeg in the grout panel has its output slightly lowered and the tiles preset set to Stack Bond (this is for the striped grass). Also have a fractal bumpmap set to size 12 at a value of 50. One very important tip (especially for stills) is to reduce the Blur value (in the Coordinates panel of the material slot) to 0.1 and reduce the blur value on the bumpmap to 0.3 or 0.5. This stops the grass from being soft and smooth in the render. I use this method on most materials that must remain grainy and rough such as brick or road surfaces.