Nightime renders

[chango70]

Oooo, very pretty.

[remus]

I especially like the last 2. Are they HDR backgrounds?

[davidh]

the backgrounds are basic jpegs .the problem is that I still cant get the hang of the positioning of the background so I will normally render the image with the background as close as I can get it and then replace this rendered background in photoshop with the original jpeg.that way I get reflections and lighting as close as possible to the jpeg image.(does that make sense?)

[davidh]

attached is a latest image rendered in vray with new sky and foreground added.

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[plot-paris]

great lighting indeed. I have to get my head around it at some point (could have used it just the other day, when a night-time render failed miserably )

and the cat is cute

[olishea]

woah fantastic images there. well done. love the last one u posted, great lighting-you really captured the atmosphere!

[davidh]

another domestic night time shot

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[steelers05]

these are really nice images...did you use HDRI for the environment lighting and backgrounds?

[trillium]

thank you for posting these night renders, they look great! i just LOVE the blue toned one with the foreground reflecting pool and moon !! very beautiful atmosphere.
can't wait to see the Artlantis images!

[matteo]

David, these images are just superb
thank you for sharing them.

[davidh]

Attached is the visopt for the last nightshot above(with the pinkish hue on the plaster)
Obviously, as you cannot upload VISOPTS, here I have renamed it nightime 001.rb.Simply rename the.rb to .visopt and it will work.
Also attached are the 2 images I used for the G.I. lighting and the background.Sometimes I find that the image used for background does not give the lighting i am looking for so i will use a different image for G.I.

The only other lighting in the nighttime scenes are rectangular lights and emmisive materials allocated to the garden lamps.

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night time 001.rb

[steelers05]

very nice thank you.

[davidh]

one more night shot

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[artysmedia]

Your renders are great!
And the illumination is fantastic!

[wanas]

heyyy man , great work , ur my role model now , i just started rendering using vray 4 sketvhup ,and i tried a few night shots but of course no result as good as urs i posted them in this discussion under the title ( my first render trial plz comment ) so if u would check them out and tell me ur opinion i would be very grateful , so till then i am gonna try 2 render with those setting u sent , plz man send more .

[rdluther]

WOW... it looks like you took photos of a real development at sunset of a nuclear winter... increadible colors and great rendering!

[davidh]

same image as above but with backlit trees casting shadows

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[Ecuadorian]

Finding someone who uses Artlantis brings back good memories... I used it a lot for half a decade, and it was the fastest thing on earth

[davidh]

and another one..

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[davidh]

an overcast/dusk shot..

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