A friend is developing an old property and wanted an artists impression of what a new porch would look like. I stumbled into Blender and thought I would have a go. WOW! its an impressive package.
I had a photo of the property and using PaintShop Pro, I normalised the two walls and painted them onto two planes.
Can someone explain why the roof beams in the second view seem to be highlighted. I would have expected them to be very much darker.
What kind of lights did you use? It seems like you’ve used a sun or hemi. Try using spots for the main lights and normal lamps set to a low energy level for ambiant light.
Yes I used a Sun for overall illumination and a spot to produce shadows. I will try as you suggest, thanks.
Put your sun at a higher altitude. Then it won’t reflect off of those beams. Also, use yellow light rather than white light. It is more realistic. Nice job generally speaking.