Textures too sharp and noisy?

[EricChadwick]

Cool scene.

Try adjusting the AA settings, filter size, etc. Compare settings via the RAM Player, since you can scrub between two images easily.

Also I would say you should try to avoid the sharpen filter in PS, it always creates artifacts. If you must, sharpen the render output itself, not the textures you input.

[captainchet]

A good AA filter for that kind of inbetween soft and hard look is the Gaussian filter, assuming your package/renderer has one.

[Marcel]

I'm stating the obvious here, but your textures look noisy and sharp because they are noisy and sharp. Try to focus a bit less on the small details (grainy patterns) and more on the bigger gradients in the image. You can make a plaster texture like this:
http://www.accustudio.com/exchange/textures/wall_textures/plaster.jpg

Or you can make a texture like this:
http://www.merrillpaint.com/images/marmorino320.jpg

The trick is to find the right balance. You focus a bit too much on the small detail, and forget the larger patterns.
Also you can try to avoid using pure black (for example in the rooftiles) as it looks a bit unnatural.

[plaguelord]

thanks a lot for the feedback! It really help me.

Marcel thanks for taking the time of post the picture, I understand your point!

I use 3dmax and vray so I dont have Gaussian Filter, any other recomendations? Now I re-rendered with catmull-room, looks a little softer now.

[jussing]

Enabling default super sampling solves that problem for me.

Good luck,
- Jonas

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