I've been using Microstation for about 20 years now and I used to get pretty good results when rendering images in the pre-Luxology era. Now I have a project that needs a decent rendering and I'm totally lost on Luxology and all its settings. The more settings I discover, the darker the image appears to become (!)
Here's the latest attempt:
Here's the same building in shaded mode:
And here are some settings I have:Ambient is on max (I've tried everything between off and max)Flashbulb is on max (I've tried everything between off and max)Solar Intensity is on 50 (I've tried everything between off and max)
I have no lights defined which is probably part of the problem but I just can't figure out how to get the best out of my image using Luxology.
I'm using V8i SS3 and any input would be much apreciated
Try turning off Photographic Tone mapping. See your picture of the Light Manager, bottom.
What happens?
Ivo Blaauw= = = = = = = = = = = = =Look what the CAD dragged in...
Thanks for the tip. I shall try this on Monday
There's quite a difference Ivo.
Image with Photographic Tone Mapping:
Image without Photographic Tone Mapping:
Lighter? Yes. Better? Not Really.
But since Karol nailed it, you'd better stick with that solution.
Good to seeing you getting the hang of it.
Another setting to lighten the shadows is to setup your indirect lighting.
In the Environment settings, change the Indirect option from "Main" to "Indirect". Then in the Indirect tab, change it to "Gradiant Sky 2 Color" and change the colors to grey. Adjust the lux to suit.