Works : Coffee Shop Design

[Sampdoria]

Hello all

 

I have been working for a client to get him an eyecatching coffee shop interior.

 

Attached is a bunch of images which I generated. Next stage I want to figure out how to use Displacement Maps in Nxt so I can get depth in some of my patterns.

 

This is/was more of a design job but I still had to make a near decent render to sell it. Roys Multi Channel Light system has made things easy to cheat and get the right real life effects.

 

Let me know what can be improved to get a better image.

 

Cheers

[George Ioannidis]

I wouldn't change anything. Just let it cook longer to minimize the noise. Great presentation Birdman!

[Ros. Riha]

I would not use displacement maps - decent normal maps should be enough... there is quite drammatic loss of speed once you start using displacement

[Marc Chaumier]

does normal map works on geometry? I never use it.

Fabulous image and presentation, I agree with George, needs more cooking.

In my opinion, displacement map give a realism effect that cannot give the bump... (and Roy have hard worked to set it, so give him a chance ;o)) but I don't know how works normal map.

[George Ioannidis]

Normal map for flat surfaces (like ceramic tiles etc.) is indeed enough. Speed is not the main reason to leave some really COOL features of nXt when producing final pictures though. Bump or normal mapping can't simply beat the true 3D effect of displacement (stone walls, brick masonry etc.) especially for close-ups.

[Marc Chaumier]

Thanks George. If I understand, "Normal map" is a "Bump-like" feature.

[Ros. Riha]

exactly, normal map is very similar to bump, but produces better results

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Normal maps and bump maps are very similar.  Both alter only the surface normal (a unit vector perpendicular to the surface)  which determines the orientation of a surface.  The underlying geometry is not altered in either case.  In bump mapping, the gradient of the map is used to determine what happens to the surface normal.  Normal maps directly encode the normal vector into the RGB space of the map-- so they may be a little more precise (with bump mapping how the gradient is calculated is implementation dependent.)  Normal maps really require 3rd party software to generate.

 

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Sampdoria-- I don't really see an application for displacement mapping in your images.  I doubt if you'll see much improvement for the additional work required.

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

Overall a very good work, if you are looking to improve on the conceptual image I would look at adding some detail to the design.

Do you intend on the seamless sneeze shield assembly adding to the design? Consider changing to a more standard post and rail design in chrome.

Add more detail to the back bar support equipment.

Add a POS station at the front of the counter.

[Chris Fox]

Entourage would really help.. People (for scale) and food (especially in the cold case). I would also add some reflections in the windows looking outside reflecting the interior of the space.

[akinlolu olugboji]

Recess lights in the various depth of the ceiling will help too, especially in knocking out shadows in that area.

[Sampdoria]

thanks everyone for your valuable tips. The client is quite happy but I think hes a first timer, the details you have all suggested are really good. I just bought a Cash Till from the net to add into the mix! regards!

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

Don't do that,....at least only as a last resort.

I think there is a wealth of models available from the group if you can't find something on accustudio or other free sources.