Exterior Renderings

[sbrown]

I really like using early morning settings. They give a very nice light to a rendering.

[patricks]

Is that direct sun and those clouds from the Revit rendering???

[snurresprett9]

Good renderings! I'm not sure about the composition in the 1st image though. The buildings looks like they are about to fall over.

[patricks]

Good renderings! I'm not sure about the composition in the 1st image though. The buildings looks like they are about to fall over.

Not to me, that's just the vertical perspective. A tall building in real life looks the same way when you photograph it.

[sbrown]

Yes, the sun and sky are straight out of revit no photoshop. If you can find the sun in your views they look great. The way I find it is run a draft solar study and find the time of day where the sun will be in view, then render then. The first shot is too stretched and I will fix the crooked building in photoshop the camera angle just isnt wide enough to get is right.

[mark.98140]

couln't resist as you were talking direct suns... like the way the sun reflcts in the glass in this view

[meken]

Yes photographing or rendinering with standard lens wide enough to capture the vertical extents will provide 3 point perspective. Professional photographers use offset lens to correct the perspectice.

It is interesting however that when you are looking at a streetscape with tall buildings that your mind makes the correction of what your eyes actually see so you don't think the buildings are falling over! our minds are pretty smart

[sbrown]

Here is the final without photoshop. I added a fountain.

[sbrown]

PS, Mark is the guy who I learned about using the morning sun from. I would have never guessed to try it.

Thanks.

[tomnewsom]

Yes, the sun and sky are straight out of revit no photoshop. If you can find the sun in your views they look great. The way I find it is run a draft solar study and find the time of day where the sun will be in view, then render then. The first shot is too stretched and I will fix the crooked building in photoshop the camera angle just isnt wide enough to get is right.

To keep the buildings vertical, point the camera flat, then change the crop box to expand the view to fit the building in. As long as the target and eye elevations are the same, all vertical lines remain vertical, and you get '2-point' perspective. This can distort things heavily towards the edges, so be careful.