Revit rendering

[lynnette.lane]

Hi everyone, I'm a new revit user, and I'm having a problem with Revit 2011.

I have attached a photo of my wall cladding as an image for rendering.  However, when I render, the color of the rendering is a whole lot lighter than the orignal photo.  To get anything like the rendered color I want, I have to change the photo color so that it is really dark.

What am I doing wrong? 

Lynnette Lane

Lynnette Lane CAD Draughting

Upper Hutt

New Zealand

[ryan.duell]

When rendering, additional calculations are made to the material which fully take into the view lighting system and shader calculations for surface renderings.  This often yields a brighter color than the simple shading color used for shaded or consistent views, but will vary depending on the view lighting or time of day currently in use.  A darker color would occur, for example, for a later time of day.

You could adjust the resulting image values after the render completes using the exposure controls:

When rendering, additional calculations are made to the material which fully take into the view lighting system and shader calculations for surface renderings.  This often yields a brighter color than the simple shading color used for shaded or consistent views, but will vary depending on the view lighting or time of day currently in use.  A darker color would occur, for example, for a later time of day.

You could adjust the resulting image values after the render completes using the exposure controls:

Adjust Exposure

I have included a few additional resources below which I hope are helpful:

Revit Clinic Rendering Posts

Troubleshooting Rendering