retouch this interior rendering so it looks like a real photograph taken on location by a professional interior photographer this is a photographic and lighting edit only keep the layout architecture fireplace fireplace surround artwork sofa chairs tables shelving window seats rug flooring plant and all decor exactly as they are do not move resize add or remove anything every object stays exactly where it is and the camera view and framing stay the same make it read as a real photo not a render lighting this is the most important fix the room is lit by two real sources soft daylight coming through the sheer curtained windows and sliding door on the left and the warm glow of the linear gas fireplace treat the daylight as directional brighter and slightly hot where it passes through the sheers softening and falling off as it crosses the room so the far side and the ceiling sit a little darker let the fireplace cast a genuine warm glow onto the nearby hearth wall floor and the dark lounge chair give the whole scene real light and shadow modeling with soft realistic contact shadows under the sofa tables chair and rug and gentle ambient occlusion in the corners avoid the flat evenly lit global look that reads as cgi depth of field don t keep everything tack sharp edge to edge use a moderate realistic depth of field as if shot around f 4 f 5 6 the foreground coffee table books and sofa crisp with a gentle gradual focus falloff so the fireplace wall shelving and far corners go slightly soft not a heavy wide open blur materials keep all finishes and colors the same but render them as real surfaces the brown leather sofa with natural grain soft sheen and believable creasing and folds natural correctly scaled non repeating wood grain on the coffee table console shelving and floor no tiled or visibly repeating pattern the white rug as soft deep wool pile the dark wood slat fireplace wall with real depth between the slats the marble side table with believable stone depth the sheer curtains soft and translucent with daylight glowing through them the fireplace flames looking like real fire not a flat texture let edges catch light softly and naturally rather than appearing perfectly sharply cg window view make the brick greenery and sky seen through the glass and curtains read as a real slightly brighter and hazier outdoor scene not a flat painting imperfection keep it clean and polished like a high end real estate marketing photo adding only the faintest most restrained sense of lived in realism subtle surface variation and soft natural creasing nothing dirty or distracting camera and lens render as if shot on a full frame camera with a quality lens verticals kept straight a gentle natural vignette very faint chromatic aberration only at the highest contrast edges soft highlight roll off so the bright windows and fireplace flames don t clip harshly and a fine subtle layer of photographic grain so the image doesn t look digitally smooth preserve the natural warm true to life color and the calm afternoon mood avoid oversaturation flat hdr style even lighting glow and plastic cgi smoothness
