Tim Nikias wrote:
> So, this is the final, daylight version of "Windows", now appropriately
> named.
> 
> I've changed the color of the leather to give it a warmer touch, added
> another chair, winebottle and glass, worked some on the contrast, tweaked
> the radiosity and arealights... I cheated for the chair, to illuminate it
> properly and avoid a blob of dark red color, I enveloped the chair with a
> lightgroup with a single, soft and dim arealight for some highlights and
> shadowing. Just imagine an open door behind the camera and it works out. ;-)
> 
> Anyways, the radiosity gathering required roughly 20 minutes at 320x240
> without antialiasing, but the final render, done at 3200x2400 without
> antialiasing (so that I can downscale with smooth, clipped values for the
> antialiasing), required just above 7 hours whilst rendering "Windows" for a
> sunset-version and the test-runs for the empty room. The sunset-version will
> have to wait until I find some proper lighting scheme (from RL) to copy,
> just judging by memory how orangish the light should be, how dark, etc,
> doesn't work out. Besides, I don't have a proper background yet, so I need
> to wait until I can make a good photo of a sunset. :-)
> 
> I'll probably update my webpage tomorrow or the day after to place this
> image in my online-gallery, so if anyone wants to use it for the desktop or
> such, check my webpage sometime in the next few days to get the 1280x960
> version from there.
> 
> And thanks for all the feedback during the WIP. :-)
> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 

I like it very much.

Sebastian

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