Rendering Critique

[George Godwin]

Adam, - I used a lot of selective adjustments as on the floor and the stools which takes me a matter of seconds due to using the program features for over 20 years. I have brightened the ceiling and added a little yellow (maybe too much) to this second version. I edited the selection a little for a better result.

If you read my earlier post on what tools I use in Photoshop you will note the main tools that I use. But it's like playing the piano for 20 years, there are a lot of moves that I make in a very short time using various selection tools, layers with various blending modes applying masks and opacity levels on numerous layers, filters eg. blur and unsharp mask, levels adjustments, and hue and saturation adjustments. I adjust selected areas until all parts look right. On these small (less than 100k) files, the changes are less refined obviously than on a large file. I only rarely use Brightness/Contrast because it is less refined than using Levels which can focus on light, middle and dark tones in the same dbx with preview.

[George Godwin]

The attachment is a side by side comparison. I added some hot spots on the lights and some highlights on the counter below the lights.

Keep in mind that these are small images and are not of high quality. Adjustments on these images are not nearly as refined as what can be done on a larger file with a larger volume of pixels.

The original render at 300 dpi resulted in a 14.2mb .bmp (bitmap image) which is a lot easier to do good detailed adjustments on.