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bjørn · 14-06-2012, 06:58 PM

Hello again. I have modelled this house and want to make the scene photo realistic like the little photo of the real house attached down right of my render. Can somebody give me some advices or is there a tutorial somewhere?

rwhunt99 · 17-06-2012, 08:02 PM

Well obviously, you have a house but you need to provide much more to the scene in order for it to look more realistic, such as landscaping a better lawn and street surface. What stands out immediately is your window glass settings need to be tweaked. it looks like you have 100% reflections going on and you need to back those way down. Put in much more transparency and put a black box inside your house to prevent viewing through the walls when looking through the windows. Use some Fresnel effect.

You need to have an environment to reflect that is much more realistic. That can be taken care of fairly easily by applying an image to a poly to reflect.

You need to tweak your lighting and then tweak your surfaces, this is why surfacing is done in Layout to allow you to apply surfacing in the environmental lighting to get it looking right.

Once you are satisfied with the overall lighting and surfacing, you need to adjust your renders to get the look you want, try adding a bit of grain and reflection blurring and perhaps tweaking the gamma settings. Some artists like to put a bit of fog in the scene just to soften up the render a bit. but beware and don't over do it.

This is just a start, but it will get you closer to what you want , remember to look at your reference photo and see what needs to be done to get your scene to that point. Is it lighting? Is it textures? Is it simply how to get away from that CGI look? This is a process or work flow thing, to work toward the final render of what you imagine. Hope this helps

bjørn · 17-06-2012, 09:38 PM

Thanks. You gave me a lot to work with so far.

bjørn · 17-06-2012, 09:57 PM

Do you know where I can get outdoor plants , hedges etc? I purchased some from 3Dplants.com, but the plants I needed was in .obj format, not .lwo. Complete useless for me.

rwhunt99 · 19-06-2012, 12:46 AM

Lightwave does accept objects in the .obj format, you can bring them into LW in layout, or modeler. You might have to tweak them a bit in scale also. Just load object, you might have to click on the object button and switch to all files, but I don't have a problem with the default.

If you bought them at 3D plants.com, you should be able to download them in either .3ds, .obj, or .lwo formats. If you are having problems, contact customer service or support

RaleighNorton · 17-10-2012, 03:57 AM

Some artists like to put a bit of fog in the scene just to soften up the render a bit. but beware and don't over do it.

17-06-2012, 08:02 PM	#2
rwhunt99 Full Access Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 208 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Well obviously, you have a house but you need to provide much more to the scene in order for it to look more realistic, such as landscaping a better lawn and street surface. What stands out immediately is your window glass settings need to be tweaked. it looks like you have 100% reflections going on and you need to back those way down. Put in much more transparency and put a black box inside your house to prevent viewing through the walls when looking through the windows. Use some Fresnel effect. You need to have an environment to reflect that is much more realistic. That can be taken care of fairly easily by applying an image to a poly to reflect. You need to tweak your lighting and then tweak your surfaces, this is why surfacing is done in Layout to allow you to apply surfacing in the environmental lighting to get it looking right. Once you are satisfied with the overall lighting and surfacing, you need to adjust your renders to get the look you want, try adding a bit of grain and reflection blurring and perhaps tweaking the gamma settings. Some artists like to put a bit of fog in the scene just to soften up the render a bit. but beware and don't over do it. This is just a start, but it will get you closer to what you want , remember to look at your reference photo and see what needs to be done to get your scene to that point. Is it lighting? Is it textures? Is it simply how to get away from that CGI look? This is a process or work flow thing, to work toward the final render of what you imagine. Hope this helps __________________ Exploring the world around me

19-06-2012, 12:46 AM	#5
rwhunt99 Full Access Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 208 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Lightwave does accept objects in the .obj format, you can bring them into LW in layout, or modeler. You might have to tweak them a bit in scale also. Just load object, you might have to click on the object button and switch to all files, but I don't have a problem with the default. If you bought them at 3D plants.com, you should be able to download them in either .3ds, .obj, or .lwo formats. If you are having problems, contact customer service or support __________________ Exploring the world around me

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17-06-2012, 09:38 PM	#3
bjørn Full Access Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sarpsborg/NORWAY Posts: 173 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks. You gave me a lot to work with so far.

17-06-2012, 09:57 PM	#4
bjørn Full Access Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sarpsborg/NORWAY Posts: 173 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Do you know where I can get outdoor plants , hedges etc? I purchased some from 3Dplants.com, but the plants I needed was in .obj format, not .lwo. Complete useless for me.

17-10-2012, 03:57 AM	#6
RaleighNorton Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: http://www.hotdvdmarket.com/ Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Some artists like to put a bit of fog in the scene just to soften up the render a bit. but beware and don't over do it.