Ferrari California render project

[bbeepp]

Here is my rendering project with Ferrari California car model from Forza game.
Tyres, outside shots HDRI map and backplates are from smcars.net

Rendered at 2k resolution using PT, mostly with 4000k samples. Denoise and postwork done in Photoshop.
Render times were around 15 minutes (outside) to 40-90 minutes (black studio) on single GTX780 on OS X 10.9.2, OctaneRender standalone v1.51.

Dark studio shots:





White studio shots:



Outside shots:

[Rikk The Gaijin]

Beautiful renders! My only critic is that in the first two images you can spot some irregularity in the reflections, most likely caused by the normals of the mesh. Other than that, it a great work.

[bbeepp]

Thanks Rikk I know about the mesh irregularity. The model was already trangiulated before I got it to OctaneRender.

[vitgaus]

Good job! Could you tell more about illuminaatin in your scene. The best would be to show how the light sources are placed. Regards!

[bbeepp]

Good job! Could you tell more about illuminaatin in your scene. The best would be to show how the light sources are placed. Regards!

Outdoor scene is only lit with one hdri map. Link is in my first post.

White studio is also lit with hdri map + two simple planes (one behind camera and one on top with dissuse material (blackbody on emmision).
Light planes setup on white studio shots:

HDRI maps are from here:
http://zbyg.deviantart.com/art/HDRi-Pack-1-97402522
For white studio shots I used first map from this pack.

Black studio shots are also lit by hdri maps - here I used a combination of two or four maps using "mix texture".

Cheers!

[gonzohot]

Very good renders: some of the best i saw on the forum... congrats !
Can you tell us more about your denoise workflow with photoshop please ?

[ten]

wow. fantastic renders! well done

[bbeepp]

Very good renders: some of the best i saw on the forum... congrats !
Can you tell us more about your denoise workflow with photoshop please ?

Thanks
I just use "Reduce Noise" filter from Noise menu or you can try "Dfine" from Nik Collection plugins.

[heavypoly]

Beautiful stuff..These feel very rich and un CG. My only critique is the wobbliness in the highlights is a bit heavy handed.

[ciboulot]

Okaaaayy..... Beautiful renders. No doubt about it. 4

If I may, on the first two images, the glare is a little too pronounced I think. THere are so much beautiful details and lighting that we want to see it clearly.