[wagurto]

hi Pierre suddenly your becoming a "master" he? No matter how hard I tried it seems impossible to create a lighting scene like yours. All I am getting is overburned scene or a really dull scene some or my shots are ok but nothing that vivid or bright as your scene. I would be possible for you to post a mxs scene with your settings? I hope file are not too big to share. I just need to see with my eyes how maxwell cooks a scene from the begining sometimes its uncertain and the preview does not really show what's going on until 8 hours later and then you realize that the scene its not what you expect. See work like yours make me thing about my render skill or maybe I am using a wrong version of Maxwell.

[Pierre Caron]

Thanks for your nice comments.
I'm sorry wagurto but mxs files are too big (50-100 Mb) to be posted.
A good idea is to use multilight feature to find the best lighting.
Render in low res activating multilight. Play with cursors until you get what you want. Then apply the settings to your lights directly, disable multilight (which will not work in high res) and render in high res.
By the way, I'm not a "master". I'm still learning maxwell like almost everyone here .

Juan, I'll take time to write what I think can be improved. I'll do so in the SW part of the forum since most issues are SW specific.

[Pierre Caron]

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[sandykoufax]

Wonderful!!!

Really beautiful and clean render as always.

[piroshki]

Pierre, great renders. Great mood. It feels like your renders are getting a little more cg-ish as they go along. The shower stall in the second from last image doesn't look too real to me. but I am very jealous of your lighting!

[Pierre Caron]

Thanks for you comments sandykoufax

Pierre, great renders. Great mood. It feels like your renders are getting a little more cg-ish as they go along. The shower stall in the second from last image doesn't look too real to me. but I am very jealous of your lighting!

Thanks,
Regarding the stall it is quite realistic...see the reference photo below

I think the problem come from the glass panels...it was my first try with AGS and I'm not happy with the result.

[Pierre Caron]

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[glypticmax]

Hi Pierre,
Incredible bathroom renders.
If I was rendering your last image for a catalog, I would think about using a different HDR to simplfy the reflections on your large chrome pieces.
They have a very pleasant, inviting form, but the current reflections rob them of their simplicity.
And if they are reduced in the catalog photo, they could look *busy* and speckled.
Just a thought.
I'm nowhere close to being able to render a bathroom like you do.

[Pierre Caron]

Hi Pierre,
Incredible bathroom renders.
If I was rendering your last image for a catalog, I would think about using a different HDR to simplfy the reflections on your large chrome pieces.
They have a very pleasant, inviting form, but the current reflections rob them of their simplicity.
And if they are reduced in the catalog photo, they could look *busy* and speckled.
Just a thought.
I'm nowhere close to being able to render a bathroom like you do.

Thanks glypticmax,
You are totaly right, reflections in chrome are too busy. Also it would need to render longer to get a cleaner glass.
Forgive me, it was my first try with HDR...I'm already looking for another HDR...will post my next try.

[glypticmax]

Some of the best soft box HDR's I've run into are at
www.HDR-studio.com
Peter is a genuine render boffin. Reading how he put these together shows his attention to detail.

[Pierre Caron]

The link is dead

[glypticmax]

Hi Pierre,
I'll email Peter and see what's up.
Hopefullly, nothing more serious than weekend maintainance.
I was just there Thursday or Friday.
I'll let you know when I hear something.

[glypticmax]

My mistake.

http://www.hdri-studio.com/

Sorry.

[Pierre Caron]

Thank you glypticmax.
I'm brownsing Peter's website.

[Pierre Caron]

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