rendering views -help

[HARRYBSTANFIELDJR]

have try to render dark cherry ,but always comes out light
will show you a links, just for rendering perposal view only
not the real thing
harry

[mcqueenhomes]

It looks maybe like medium or medium-dark cherry. You're probably doing nothing wrong. You can try either 1) darker wood textures, or 2) darkening the entire image in a photo editor.

[cgirerd]

As Jason recommended, look at other darker wood textures even if they're not labeled cherry. Besides the ones under the "Wood/Solid" folder, there are lots of wood options in the Formica folder in the "Ligna Woods" folder. These have a fine grain, but they have a nice range of wood colors. There might be more in other folders, too.

Christina

[Dermot Dempsey]

You can also make a material appear darker by adjusting the render properties in the Define Material dialog. There are simple settings for the brightness of the material or you can adjust the advanced settings to get more control.

[ank345]

[mgpach]

Here is my first render with Artlantis, Alan has turned me into a convert!

All You fellow Chief users should look at this if you are seriously making renders for money.

Keep in mind that I played around with the demo over a couple of hours on a weekend and then about 2 hrs to fuss around with the image you are looking at. The biggest think as someone else posted the other day is setting up the shoot, and lighting.

Isn't it really all about lighting and sceen set up!

Regards Michael

[mcqueenhomes]

For exteriors I think Chief does a good enough job that I don't need to spend the extra $600 for Artlantis. The house pictured is adorable but I don't think the render itself is really any better than Chief's full potential (although it is very good and quite presentable). Someone like a Wendy Welton using Chief could do that and better.

Interiors are another story, though, and there I'd probably get Artlantis and try it if the budget permitted. Alan Cheng does an excellent job on interiors using Artlantis. In the mean time I'd probably recommend POV-ray (Chief) with no radiosity for interiors.

You are right about the view set up and lighting being important, that is true no matter which renderer you use. That's why I shoot an exterior from about 66" above the terrain far enough back to get the house in the shot--we often look at homes that way and that angle looks realistic.

[ank345]

the above image is done with chief pov ray....

the kitchen image.......

[mcqueenhomes]

the above image is done with chief pov ray

Not according to the poster of the image:

Here is my first render with Artlantis

The kitchen looks really good, that could have been Artlantis, I don't know, or somebody made the ceiling emissive to help POV-ray.

[mgpach]

I Think Alan was refering to the kitchen picture he posted.

I personally decided on Artlantis for the renders that really count. The ones for money interior or exterior. I got tired of fighting with pov-ray and all the challenges with lights and materials settings, etc.