Phew! Many thanks for setting my mind at ease.
I only use the JPEG format GIMP kicks out for most sites (quality 96%, subsampling 4:4:4, no smoothing, floating point, everything else left as default).
There is a few things I would suggest you adjust to improve your image.
thanks for the help. I used only the table for a quick render not a finished product. I am running an AMD Radeon so a full render takes a while. I will fix the posing issues before I set her into the final scene.There is a few things I would suggest you adjust to improve your image.
1) I see you have used the FG Tavern environment asset, however only grabbed a few of the props. I would suggest rendering a full background.
2) With the lighting, I would also suggest lowering the temperature of the spotlight, to adjust from a white light to a more yellow light. Hence candlelight rather than fluorescent light.
3) There are also some minor posing items that look a little odd. Left leg off the table (foot can't sit on crossbeam); right hand pinky finger (may be intended); right hand sleeve could sit lower (top of fabric on top of arm).
Nice effort though.
There are a few different things you can do to remove darker areas:
If you want to appreciate rendering speed you have to put yourself into the avatar of a photon. In the image you're rendering, poor Mr Photon has to make his way through a curved refractive screen, bounce off a scattering skin surface and back through the curve refractive screen to the camera. Simpler is faster, however often less realistic. The goal of the artist is to find the happy median.
