[frosty_ramen]

i just need some advice as how to transition between hdr background to render. it just comes out looking fake.

any and all help would be awsome

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/241 ... 64a3_o.jpg

[rickyinmotion]

the major problem is that your lighting is off between the HDR environment and your scene

[KurtS]

the shadows under the chair indicates that this is in the middle of the day, at 12.00? The sky looks more like late afternoon to me.

[frosty_ramen]

physical sky set at 6pm
with Ground Rotation 145.000

[frosty_ramen]

changing ground rotation back to 0 makes it look like noon, with shadow directly undernieth model.

besides the shadow not looking correct, how can i make the deck edge and the hdr intersection look better?

[kami]

hi
in my opinion, the background-image is much too dark for the lightning-setup of the chair. this is one of the reasons, why they don't fit. the other problem seems the lack of focus on the background. it is very blurry and the edge of the deck is very sharp. you could try eighter using a sharp background, or trying a smaller f-stop value on your camera settings to get a slightly blurred back edge.
greets,
kami

[Tim Ellis]

Increase the value of the intensity for the background image. This should decrease the darkness of the background image.

Tim.

[frosty_ramen]

thanks for the comments all,
i had to put this on hold for a pit and
complete what my boss wanted me to do.

[KurtS]

thanks for the comments all,
i had to put this on hold for a pit and
complete what my boss wanted me to do.

didn't he understand the importance of this chair???

[leoA4D]

You need to fix your deck planks, too. Those short pieces near the back edge are cantilevers that will not support any weight. Best to use single length planks.

[frosty_ramen]

would it be best to disable physical sun light on the disabled layers, and just create a light efect in ps?

[Mihai]

I'm not sure what you would like to do to make the render look better with the hdr background but as already mentioned the biggest difference is the sky would never look that dark if the chair/models had that level of exposure. You need to increase the intensity of the background HDR image. This will not increase the intensity of the lighting it gives off, that's controlled by the illumination layer.

[frosty_ramen]

thanks that makes more sence.

[frosty_ramen]

Here is an updated render. Please feel free to comment/critisize

[-Adrian]

Much better man, love the sea.