interior lighting

[johng77963055]

I have set up an interior scene and I have created light sources outside that are pointed through a window. The lighting coming though looks good but it does not fill the room the way natural light would. Does anyone have any good tips on how to achieve this effect? 

[Alexandre Becquet]

Hello, can we have a screenshot of the scene and the setup for the lights? It's easier ;

[johng77963055]

Sure thing, this is a low-res render . There seems to be a lack of ambient light in the room.

[Ussnorway]

I would fix it by adding sunlight from the window mate

[johng77963055]

I gave that a try already but the amount of light needed to fill the room with enough ambient light ends up burning out parts of the scene as seen here. Is there a way to control the ambient light in the room withouth having to increase the intensity of the sun (or other directoinal lights)?

[Ussnorway]

yes first of all share the files for best results

however you can rebuild your light by using a different background

example 1 = the room on the left of picture has lights in the left roof so will look better because the window isn't the only light coming in

example 2

this rendor does a better job of selling the room lights to people looking at the image.

[johng77963055]

When you say background image, are you referring to using an HDRI image to light the scene or just a differnet background image that is already rendered from Adobe Stock like this one:

[Ussnorway]

if this room of yours actually exists in the real world someplace then yes a hdri will give best results but if its just a mockup of random walls then generally one of the premade image templetes from Stock or whereever else is going to give what you want