Old bank, new skin...

[Ecuadorian]

sky is gloomy and grainy. sky is very very important in renderings.

Try this one:
http://rapidshare.com/files/304359247/8K_sky.7z
Open it with WinRAR or 7zip.

[tomsdesk]

Yeah, the sky is too pixelated...the "gloomy" was supposed to be "it's finally stopped raining": but it looked worse as light as it was intended to be. I'm going thru your recent post on skys intending to make some that work better. The pavement is as described above: a post-pro mix of three renders. The mirror glass spandrel is my client's choice...I like the porcelain better too and will probably do one using that when I get time to set up the big scene.

Miguel...what's a ".7x" file and how do I use it?

[notareal]

7-Zip

[Ecuadorian]

Sorry, forgot to link to the decompressor.
Just open it, move the .hdr that's inside to any other place, and use that .hdr with your scene. Let me know how it turns out.

[Fletch]

7zip is a great program! I use it daily.