The 5SRW Course is designed to lead any student from the basics, starting from the first concepts, up to more complex situations both in terms of lighting and materials. The lessons are progressively structured to facilitate learning, using V-Ray for SketchUp.
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DEMO Lesson
Introduction
02 RENDER SETTINGS
Explore the two main ways to render with V-Ray
03 V-RAY SUN & CAMERA
Learn how simple is adding a sun and a camera in a scene
04 V-RAY LIGHTS
The light sources that we will use working on the scenes
05 LIGHT HIERARCHY
Built the first light hierarchy using three sources
05 B – LIGHT MIX
Control and modify the lights in your scene after rendering
06 V-RAY FRAME BUFFER
Fix overexposurers with V-Ray Frame Buffer
07 V-RAY IES
How V-Ray IES works
08 V-RAY MATERIALS
Start creating V-Ray Materials from the scratch
08 B – PBR MATERIALS
How to use the “Physicaly Based Rendering” model
09 V-RAY HDRI
How to light with HDRl maps
10 COLOR MAPPING
Understand the Color Mapping
Chapter 01
11 70s STYLE START
First Light Balance and exposure settings
12 MATERIALS
Shiny and opaque reflections / Fresnel concept
13 DEPTH OF FIELD
How to master DOF – Depth of field
14 POST-PRODUCTION
Photoshop techniques for vintage effects
Chapter 02
15 PHYSICS SIMULATION
Place objects randomly using an interesting script
16 HDRI & REFLECTIONS
Use HDRI to create nice reflections on small objects
17 FINAL RENDER
Photoshop filters to create amazing bump maps
Chapter 03
18 LIGHT BALANCE / SPOTS
SpotLights and VRaylights for complex light balance
19 FLOOR GENERATOR
How to create/model a photorealistic floor using a script
20 A – CURTAINS & LIGHT
Simulate the sun passing through the curtain
20 B – CARPETS WITH V-RAY FUR
How to easily create a carpet with V-Ray Fur
21 POST-PRODUCTION
The ‘Sandwich’ technique to control overexposures in Photoshop
Chapter 04
22 LIGHT BALANCE / IES
Mix natural with artificial IES ligh, using the hierarchies
23 A – MATERIALS
How an emissive material works, in comparison with the V-Ray Mesh Light
23 B – LIGHT BALANCE / IES
Simulate a realistic calm water, with little movements
23 C – MATERIALS
How to use reflections map to increase the amount of details and realism
24 A – AMBIENT OCCUSION
How to enable and use the Ambient Occlusion pass
24 B – POST-PRODUCTION
How to composite a double AO layers with Photoshop
Chapter 05
25 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Light balance in exterior and highlight Burn analysis
26 MATERIALS
Creating materials could be easier if we use the interactive render
26 B – EXTRA / PROXY
How to solve issues caused by proxies
27 A – RENDER ELEMENTS
How to create and use the render elements for a post-production
27 B – POST-PRODUCTION
It’s the magical moment of the day, when the sun is close to the horizon
Chapter 06
28 LIGHT BALANCE / NATURAL
Realistic natural light with V-Ray Sun and Curtains
29 MATERIALS
Traslucency: VRay2Sided Materials and VRay SSS2
30 A – FINAL RENDER
Let’s create another shot with the depth of field effect
30 B – WHITE BALANCE
Let’s carry out an advanced white balance technique
31 NIGHT LIGHTING
Change the illumination from a daylight render to night mood
Chapter 07
32 LIGHT BALANCE / EXTERIOR
Photographic composition and night balance (exterior) – 15:29
33 MATERIALS
How to improve the contrast of your textures
34 FINAL & POST
Light & Shade and more techniques to improve your final outcame
Chapter 08
35 LIGHT BALANCE / NIGHT
Learn how to take advantage of a V-Ray dome light + Sky map combination
36 MATERIALS
How to recreate a water material to simulate a quiet and uniform sea
37 FINAL & POST
Fad, Proglow and Vignetting techniques with Photoshop
Chapter 09
38 LIGHT BALANCE / STUDIO
How to build a studio-type lighting for photography
39 MATERIALS
How to manage complex materials with simplicity
40 FINAL & POST
How to add nice lens effect using V-Ray’s power
Chapter 10
41 DNA – INTRO & CONCEPTS
Handle V-Ray Camera, Lights and spaces for lighintg schemes – 4:23
42 DNA – DAYLIGHT LOFT
SCENE – Daylight Loft, VRayportal for natural light (Lighting Template)
43 DNA – MAGIC ROOM
SCENE – Use VRayLens to get the magic into ‘Magic Room’ (Lighting Template)
44 DNA – LAKE HOUSE
SCENE – How a simple VRayDome + VRaySKy can create the magic ‘Lake House’ (Lighting Template)
45 DNA – BLACK & WHITE
SCENE – VRaySun + Portal + IES + VRayLight in Black&White interior (Lighting Template)
46 DNA – ART ROOM
SCENE – VraySphere Light and IES in Art Room (Lighting Template)
47 DNA – CARAVAGGIO STYLE
SCENE – Use VRaySun multipler for Caravaggio Style (Lighting Template)
48 DNA – BONILLA LIGHT
SCENE – Natural and bright light in Bonilla Lighting (Lighting Template)
49 DNA – WINTER VILLA
SCENE – Dusk lighting in exteriors (Lighting Template)
50 DNA – AIRPORT CONCEPT
SCENE – Use this complex lighting for big spaces like an airport (Lighting Template)
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