Mike,

Yeah, the flower pots are pretty basic. I'll try and add some details in.

The black door is actually just an opening into space at the moment, I
haven't decided what to put back there. I don't want to really put too much
work into something ambitious for the background. Maybe a door, maybe I'll
extend the hallway, I dunno.

I could try the light trick for the window or maybe tilt the camera bit to
reveal a little more detail.

I'm using one area light outside the scene, and then two smaller area lights
low on the floor on the spots where the light hits the floor so
I can get some defined shadowing and specular, and, of course, radiosity
(brightness at 3.0).

Thanks for your comments!

sean


Mike Thorn <mik### [at] realitycheckmultimediacom> wrote:
> stm31415 wrote:
> > Hmm. It may be that we all speak too soon as far as light levels. Assuming
> > you areon a mac, this might be more what you are seeing (not having an
> > apple lying around at the moment, I can't be sure):
> >
> > With this adjustment, all I see is a bit of artifacting on the ceiling.
>
> Wow, that helps.
>
> I really like this scene and can only make a few comments:
>
> The simple pedestals for the robots are good, but the flowerboxes seems
> a little bare. Even just some texture would really improve that.
>
> The black doorway in the back was a little distracting once I noticed
> it. Maybe some focal blur would help on that (though I hesitate to
> recommend a feature that will double or triple your render time). Maybe
> some recursive loops of the hall behind the robot on the left would work.
>
> The window seems a little disconnected from the floor light spot (which
> could be reduced just a tiny bit IMO - the detail of the windowpane is
> all but lost). I know what's displayed is the correct thing, but it took
> me a while to figure out where the light was coming from. Maybe a little
> tiny light just whiting up the side of the window a bit would help (a
> light_group or something so it doesn't mess up the excellent lighting
> everywhere else in the scene).
>
> I'm just curious...how many lights are you lighting this with? I really
> like the lighting.
>
> ~Mike

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