NYC Apartment Personal project Residential

[Paul Springer]

Thanks for looking.  Any C&C please would be great on how to take this personal project image to the next level for added realism.  I know I have issues but not sure where to prioritize only been working in 3d for <1yr.

3Dsky, personal models, BBB3Viz, Corona1.4, plus small post.

Much appreciate this site & resources offered!.  I enjoy looking daily.  I posted to Ronen's site but my post is not showing up.

Cam1 and Inspriation/Mood pics attached so you can see the spirit of what I was after. 

Thanks,

Paul

[JacopoGrosso]

Great :)

[Paul Springer]

Thanks Jacopo

[Jadefox]

dude its insanely good ! great stuff

[RJB]

Awesome work mate.

[Paul Springer]

Thanks RJB for the encouragement.

[Paul Springer]

So here we go, a couple new pics.  My space here is 5m wide x 150m bowling alley./    Any idea how to pump this many light rays back into this space - for bright ceilings as in webHill1.jpg inspiration.

No post yet on these.

Corona 1.4 HDRI low res, Corona sun.

To me, all my renders are opening (in jpg or png format) too contrasty/bad gamma or other???.  Im saving from Corona VFB or VFB+ as (EXR 32bit) looking good, but opening to PS too dark and contrasty, requiring gamma plus 1.4+- to get back to normal (maybe).    Is this common problem for anyone.  Seems like I'm hacking solutions all the time.

Thanks for looking i love critique please if you can.

[maru]

What are your edit > color settings in PS? If you have it configured like this (see attachment), PS will ask you what to do each time you open a non-srgb file.

[Paul Springer]

At PS i select "Assign working RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1" ... Sound correct?

Thanks for guidance maru.

[Juraj]

At PS i select "Assign working RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1" ... Sound correct?

Thanks for guidance maru.

Yes.

What actually happens when you open 32bit file like .exr, it is "scene-referred" color-space, so Photoshop only assigns sRGB(linear) as preview. You're actually looking at dark gamma 1.0 image but Photoshop applies 2.2 curve in background.

If you have something else happen, either you save something incorrect, or your Photoshop color settings are incorrect, but honestly, don't see where and how. Post and .exr and people will be able to tell.

[maru]

At PS i select "Assign working RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1" ... Sound correct?

Thanks for guidance maru.

Well, does it look correct?

[Paul Springer]

I used Maru settings for PS and I like it.  BUT... From PS to client is a different story.  Open with Windows Photo viewer is not a good idea.  Photo viewer is not nice to renders as you all probably realize, much detail is lost, no shadows quality, etc.

Any solutions/standard practice you follow for client presentations or everyday viewing of images at your own workstations?

Attached screenshot right image is an example of my problem.  Its worse with interiors/darker exposures.

Im saving from PS as 16bit JPEG, max quality.

thx

[Paul Springer]

Also thanks Juraj, your a great role model in the business.  I like how you can give the background/theory behind practical solutions, not asking to just "take your word for it".

[Juraj]

Windows photo viewer is actually the good application :- ). It's color managed (respects sRGB vs others), so people with wide-gamut monitors see their pictures correctly.
'Photos' App (Default in Windows 10 ) is the wrong one, it ignores color profiles and thus shows full monitor gamut regardless of image. So on wide-gamut displays it's over-saturated and contrasted.

16bit jpeg you mean jpg2000 ? I actually learned by accident (never used it) it has 16bit support :- ). But really, for web use, save as jpeg (classic, 8bit one, you can keep PS at 16), with sRGB profile.

But really, something else is going on here.

[Paul Springer]

Your right, something else going on-.   I will keep all default, & 8bit classic and keep testing.

Thanks for suggestion Juraj.  Anything else critical maybe suspicious to you lmk.

thx