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Hello everyone,

I recently started out playing with KRay... and I thought I'd post a small example of the experimenting I have been doing.
I used a lot of the tips and advice posted on this board...

It is only a low-res render; the resolution it has to be deliverd in is 1280 x 720 as animation (walkthrough). Also, I kept the AA settings low to decrease rendertime.

In photoshop, I applied some color correction (mainly contrast) and some sharpening.

I would really appreciate suggestions or comments!

Thanks

I think the over all lighting look good. Looks like just textures to play with now. I like it.

Looks good to me so far! Maybe a little bit strong on the contrast or maybe it's just my LCD.

my advice:
1- the sharpen is too strong
2- the background is too contrast
3- small table too noise in the top
4- carpet in the table is too strong

Thanks for the comments!

Yes, the contrast was indeed a bit too strong to my linking as well, but I haven't figured out how to decrease contrast without reducing light in the room!. How do you do it?

The noise is a problem due to antialiasing and too high bump map, I think.

4- carpet in the table is too strong

Salvatore, what do you mean with that?

Thanks again, folks!

BarryV wrote:Thanks for the comments!

Yes, the contrast was indeed a bit too strong to my linking as well, but I haven't figured out how to decrease contrast without reducing light in the room!. How do you do it?

The noise is a problem due to antialiasing and too high bump map, I think.

4- carpet in the table is too strong

Salvatore, what do you mean with that?

Thanks again, folks!

You can balance the contrast with tonemapping settings. Add more gamma and/or reduce exponential and you should get less contrast.

Yes..for me the carpet in the table seems too hard..should be mor soft