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Title: Monument 2
Post by: Henry Blewer on April 29, 2012, 02:08:30 PM


http://www.flickr.com/photos/njeneb/6979081814/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: Kadri on April 29, 2012, 02:22:53 PM

Interesting Henry! I like the lighting and comp  :)
Only the blur is a little too much for me. Is this from TG2 directly ?
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: Henry Blewer on April 29, 2012, 03:29:18 PM
I used some noise reduction in Paintshop IV for noise. It would have been rendering for another day if I used enough cloud samples to get rid of the noise. I was more interested in the lighting than anything else.

Lighting a scene varies so much from project to project. I have been working on this for quite some time. It's easier when the sun is high (16 degrees above the horizon or higher). I like sunrises and sunsets. These are hard to illuminate properly.

I don't like three point lighting in T2. I use enviro lighting, camera exposure, and gamma and contrast settings.
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: Kadri on April 29, 2012, 03:34:27 PM

Thanks Henry. I use the fill light setup more and more recently.
It is faster and don't have much errors in some extreme settings.
It looks a little different of course  :)
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on April 30, 2012, 04:57:13 PM
i like the postwork on this one, the lighting is good.
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: TheBadger on May 01, 2012, 03:55:50 AM
Like it! To much blur though- from the noise reduction? I have had that happen to me, what noise reduction plug-in are you using? I can recommend one that works really nicely if you like.
Title: Re: Monument 2
Post by: Henry Blewer on May 01, 2012, 02:19:34 PM
It's Corel Paintshop IV. The tools changed a little from the last version I had. I have to learn them over again.