Villa PM maxwell render and process

davidh · 19 Jun 2011, 07:50

Attached is a maxwell render of the Villa PM uploaded by Hieru.I have also attached a small step by step showing the process from sketchup to maxwell.The maxwell render is lit by a HDRI file and there are only 3 materials added to the model,the vast majority of the work was done in photoshop.Overall,from render to finished image it took about 3 hours.Regarding the model,I think it is one of the best models uploaded recently and is perfect for rendering setups,basically because there are a lot of different angles and popouts to the building along with many diagonals, that make it very easy to come up with dynamic views.(I have shown what I mean in the bottom image)I think these diagonals can really help to achieve better compositions.Again thanks to Hieru for uploading the model.

Hieru · 19 Jun 2011, 12:06

Wow

Glad you found the model useful and thanks for the insight on your process.

Is there any chance you could share your Photoshop technique for adding dirt? I've been looking for online tutorials but I haven't had much success.

PS - Whoever let the house get into such disrepair needs a good talking to Sadly it does happen though:

leminilab · 19 Jun 2011, 13:24

All I can say is: it looks awesome!

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And +1 on the dirt tutorial

jamalito · 19 Jun 2011, 13:33

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okey okey I want to believe that is render not real photo
breath . breath . breath
wow great work really I thought you are speaking to really pic not render go head man I wish you more successful
I wish to find like this tutorial because I have problem in make final render

cadmunkey · 19 Jun 2011, 16:33

David, can you tell me where you got the background from? Is it purchased?

davidh · 19 Jun 2011, 17:40

I have attached the 2 dirt maps i used in photoshop.I will upload a more detailed tutorial later but basically what I do is copy the dirtmap image into the rendered image in photoshop and use the distort tool (EDIT -TRANSFORM -DISTORT in the pull down menu)to align it over the area I want to grunge up.I then use the overlay blend and set this to about 40 -60% and thats it.If you do this with multiple textures in the same area you can really start to build up interesting textures.
Regarding the background,it was a free download, a very hi res jpg .(sky 0008)
the website http://vknt.be/free/skies/

Hieru · 19 Jun 2011, 17:47

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't think it would be that simple - I assumed it would involve creating grunge brushes and using a technique to over paint in perspective.

cadmunkey · 19 Jun 2011, 17:48

Thanks for sharing the resource David.

marked001 · 20 Jun 2011, 02:11

very impressive post processing here, david... really impressed!

davidh · 20 Jun 2011, 11:23

Heres one with some additional foreground elements and a very dead tree!

Richard · 21 Jun 2011, 06:50

Stunning work AGAIN mate!

Just wondering though why you don't add the dirt as a layer to the materials prior to rendering? I pretty much add a dirt layer to every material.

Also not so sure about the car in this one, they seem out of place in a ruins shot!

davidh · 21 Jun 2011, 08:42

Hi Rich,
The main reason I didnt add dirt maps in maxwell is because I was originally just playing about with the HDRI lighting and when I had the photoshop file open I decided to play around with the textures as well.The car does look a bit out of place but its really there to catch reflections on the bodywork and glass,just to help to accentuate the contrasts with the materials.I have attached 2 more images here.As I said before its a great model to test render with but its all about the lighting for me at the moment.

jarynzlesa · 21 Jun 2011, 18:26

super method thx for sharing . im looking forward to your next work.

Richard · 21 Jun 2011, 22:17

@davidh said:

As I said before its a great model to test render with but its all about the lighting for me at the moment.

Well ten points for that - the lighting is superbe!!!

omiKron · 22 Jun 2011, 08:20

Whoa, Maxwell rocks ! Looks so real And the post work in Ps makes it more real

Bryan K · 22 Jun 2011, 08:37

whoa

The second one of the last series is superb.

xaideoe · 14 May 2013, 12:16

@richard said:

Stunning work AGAIN mate!

Just wondering though why you don't add the dirt as a layer to the materials prior to rendering? I pretty much add a dirt layer to every material.

Also not so sure about the car in this one, they seem out of place in a ruins shot!

Do you have any tutorials or reference to add dirt to the maxwell material? Cause I am trying to achieve a nice and realistic look with materials layer layers but I can't..

Daniel · 15 May 2013, 12:56

beautiful images, David

Frederik · 15 May 2013, 13:00

Not that it really matter, but take a look at the dates...
This thread is back from June 2011...