Im new to rendering and have come up with this render thus far (the one with the large slabs of marble). The two areas that I'm not happy with are the floor and kitchen cabinets. The floor should be a nice polished modern concrete floor, and the cabinets should have a more realistic looking grain and pattern than they show. For the two, I used my own textures that I loaded as jpeg from a texture website--the wood grain is copied from the photo attached. Any suggestions?
Here's how I'd like the floor to look: (http://cdn.homedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/white-wall-gray-polished-concrete-floor.jpg)
Hello,
Welcome to the forum. Here's what I see:
Floor - Looks like the bump mapping or roughness is way higher than what it needs to be. Try adjusting the bump height and/or roughness to smooth it out a bit.
Cabinets - I think you need a higher quality texture and one that is seamless.
Feel free to ask any other questions and we'll try and help. Please share your end result.
Chad
Hi Chad. Thanks for the suggestions. I adjusted the bump height and it just seemed to make it brighter, but still looks like sandpaper. Maybe it needs a gloss/reflectivity, but not sure. How would you add a gloss to the concrete in this case?
As for cabinets, Ill have to find some higher resolution. Is there a specific website with seamless textures you could recommend?
Thank you.
Hi PB81,
Here's where I usually go for seamless textures: http://www.textures.com/
I can create an account for free and still have a decent resolution option. You have to become a paying member do get the super high res images. Just search for wood. Beware that some are not seamless but they will say when they are.
Here's another good one to check out: https://poliigon.com/
As for the concrete floor, try starting with a stock hard shiny plastic material and then adding a concrete color texture.
Chad