{"id":1664,"date":"2012-05-08T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T08:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2012-12-11T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:49:00","slug":"sandwiching-technique-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/08\/sandwiching-technique-photoshop.htm","title":{"rendered":"Final render &#8211; Sandwiching technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing special to say about the final render.<\/p>\n<p>Just load &#8220;<strong>vray-FINAL&#8221;<\/strong> preset and run the final render.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/span>: After loading the preset remember to modify memory limit to 10.000 because of hair and fur.<\/p>\n<p><em>Et-voil\u00c3\u00a0<\/em> the final result:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/finaldelicate2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1667\" title=\"finaldelicate2-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/finaldelicate2b-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Download this scene<\/strong> \/ full 3d \/ all V-Ray settings included (<\/span><em style=\"text-align: center;\">only for premium<\/em><span style=\"text-align: center;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p><strong>As you can see the curtain is totally overexposed: <\/strong>a big and flat white area in the middle of the image. Maybe you like it, maybe not, objectively this is bad for a picture because of missing details. Did you already rendered?! No problem, we can fix it that without render again!<\/p>\n<p><strong>This technique comes from the &#8220;real&#8221; photography<\/strong>: It&#8217;s really simple and effective and you&#8217;ll solve your problem in few minutes, converting the 1st image in the 2nd one:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1669\" title=\"curtain-sandwich\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/curtain-sandwich.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/curtain-sandwich.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/curtain-sandwich-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the video \/ with voice<\/h2>\n<p>[private Premium|Premium-1year|5trainings]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ATTENTION!!!<\/strong><\/span> This video is narrated! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nThis is my first experience speaking in english and I&#8217;m not a native speaker:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please leave a comment to tell me if you like narrated or subtitled version.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/41839459?byline=0&amp;color=ff9933\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCEPTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Save the regular render: image1<\/li>\n<li>Low the exposure with tool &#8220;Exposure correction&#8221;: save image2<\/li>\n<li>Open both images in photoshop (use image1 as background)<\/li>\n<li>Mask image2 \/ invert the mask \/ paint white on the mask<\/li>\n<li>Use opacity and choose the minimum value to get details on the curtain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/files\/Premium\/delicate-room\/sandwich.zip\">Download here the PSD file<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\/ check how layers works<\/p>\n<p>-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vraytrainingcenter.it\/ser8675\/shot2-max-psd.zip\">Download here PSD 2 file<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\/ another postproduction, check it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DELICATE ROOM &#8211; FULL 3D SCENE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vraytrainingcenter.it\/delicateroom2010---FINAL.zip\">Download DELICATE ROOM<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; all V-Ray Settings are included (for 3ds max 2010 or superior)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/span>: if you get some error downloading this scene, please try different browsers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LESSON #21<\/strong>: As you can see the curtain is totally overexposed, that means a flat white on a big surface. 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