ABSTRACT

Night Renders – In this lesson we apply the light balance concepts, to convert a daily lighting into a night render. The hierarchy is fundamental to easily handle the scene. We are also going to use some render elements to make the process easy and comfortable.

Final images

CONCEPTS

• Do not use VRayLight Portals in night renders
• Don’t forget to delete the VRaySky
• Just place light sources where they actually are
• Use V-Ray Light “as substitute”: invisible + reflections(off) + Specular(off)
• Shutter speed exposure 50 is good for a medium quantity of light
• Use Override Mtl to do a good light balance without losing the materials assigned
• Create a chromatic contrast with the “Temperature“
• Use V-Ray 2 Sided Mtl for thin objects
• Use “screen” blending mode to add reflections in Photoshop

Night Render – Final compositing

This solution allows us to handle the scene in a very quick way. Here the layers are arranged in Photoshop

Related learning

• The interior lighting workflow
• Light balance on the Gravity scene
• Artificial lights in a restaurant interior

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