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Just finished, rendering time 8 hour sl 14.44 on Intel D930 dual core. Design architect is my mate, RRojali/3D+DIZ, and his friend. Please comment.



Cheers,

Yadi

Sl 14+ seems to be the magic number (for exteriors anyway). Well done!

Luis

Great render quality, but it looks dark. Do your clients normally prefer darker renderings? Not that it's bad but IMHO it looks a little dreary. Maybe a mid day rendering would liven things up a bit.

Thanks Luis, for me exterior rendering faster and cleaner than interior.

Marcdevon, I agree with you. I will try render for mid day, I think it would be better. Thanks for your advice.

Cheers.

Yadi

I wouldn't worry about rerendering, really. I think that we don't see enough renderings that make use of the coloring available from dawn and dusk. We see plenty of night and noon shots, but these are very boring. This looks very realistic, and quite pretty besides. While I would maybe render several times of day, I wouldn't do it because THIS render doesn't "pop" enough. Great job.

Looks good to me

Nice work!

/ Max

CJElven wrote:I wouldn't worry about rerendering, really. I think that we don't see enough renderings that make use of the coloring available from dawn and dusk. We see plenty of night and noon shots, but these are very boring. This looks very realistic, and quite pretty besides. While I would maybe render several times of day, I wouldn't do it because THIS render doesn't "pop" enough. Great job.

I guess this is all a matter of personal preference. I assume that this rendering will be used by developers for use in attracting investors and/or bankers to provide financing for this project. In addition, this rendering may be used to get potential tenants to possibly put up a deposit on a space. Lighting, in many ways, is used to set a particular mood. I would assume (once again, this is just my personal opinion so take it with a grain of salt) that one might want to have a brighter, more lively scene, to get all of the aforementioned excited about investing into this project. Don't get me wrong, I think it is a very pretty rendering but it *may* not achieve its objectives. A rendering, in essence, is a presentation. When giving a presentation, one must keep in mind who is his audience. If the intended audience for this rendering are those on the various CG message boards, then this should suffice. However, if the architect ,who has commissioned this rendering, intends to sell this building concept (he/she may have other competing architectural firms to deal with) bankers, investors, tenants, then maybe something livelier may be more appropriate. From a more practical standpoint, the darkness of the image obscures many ancillary buildings that are connected to the main structure. There are many forms that are associated with this building that, IMHO, do not stand out enough in this rendering.

Having said all of this, if your client prefers the morning/evening shot, ignore everything I just said.


Marcus

I can understand that. That's why i suggested perhaps a range of renders from various times of day. I know that investors are going to look at this, but I also would think that all of the competitors have that same thought in mind, and would avoid "beauty" shots, thus making this shot stand out. I could be totally wrong. I am not in the Arch-Viz business. I am (attempting) to use Maxwell just for my own edification and interest.
But, I'm sure that you're right about facets of the design not necessarily coming out in this render. Personally, though, I'd rather see renders from different angles pointing out some of those facets, rather than necessarily changing the lighting. But, as you said, I'm probably wrong on this account. I'm just an interested, but uninvolved, bystander.
I WOULD say that you rarely see "beauty" shots of famous buildings at high noon...usually they're taken at dusk or dawn. Anyway, just my opinion. Anyway, great rendering, and keep up the good work...no matter WHAT your lighting is.

CJElven wrote: Anyway, great rendering, and keep up the good work...no matter WHAT your lighting is.

Agreed!!!

The client wants evening mood. They like it. I rendered different seting time to 9 clock location Madrid, GMT -1, sky condition use default, here the result:



comment please?

Cheers,

Yadi

this looks more unrealisitc. I would compose the old and the new one. the upper half of the new one and the lower half of the old one! The best of both.
the grass is bit to bright. the palmtrees looks to cgi. the building in the background is too much blured. the main bulding is very good.

cheers

rog!

I like the first one

First one look better!

How many polygons used for this work?

Hi Maxtage, here the polygon number:



Cheers,

Yadi