Often you end up with a render in which your trees, vegetation or areas in the shadows are very dark.
You can use a simple process, to light up only those darker areas in your image to get a more pleasant result.
In the post work, I often use the Layer Mode "Negative Multiply" in Adobe Photoshop to light up the dark areas.
The process is actually very simple, but to explain it more fully, I created a small a video in which I explain the process more in detail.
As an example, I use a very early render of my pacific Island 2024 scenery...
Pacific Island 2024 - ORIGINAL.jpg
Original render (untouched)
Pacific Island 2024 - Negative multiply.jpg
Darker areas in the foreground enlightened with a mask and negative multiply
Here is my tutorial video, to show you how you can do it yourself with Adobe Photoshop.
http://www.dirkkipper.de/FTP_PUBLIC/TG_Negative_multiply_by_Dirk_Kipper.mp4
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