V-Ray for 3DS Max

Discover the Power of V-Ray for Realistic Scenes

Architecture & Industrial Design 4.9(45)4h 9m24 lectures3 sections

What you'll learn

Get to know the V-Ray toolbar
Create lighting of different types
Use Vray Sun and Vray Camera
Make materials such as wood, fabric and glass
Set up natural and artificial lighting in the scene
Set up render settings such as Image Sampler and Color Mapping
Set up GI and Render Element settings
Use Mapping, HDR and IES
Download materials and Texture files

About this course

This course teaches V-Ray inside Autodesk Max to produce realistic scenes. It starts with the V-Ray toolbar, then creating lighting of all kinds: Plan Light, Dome Light, Sphere Light, Spot Light and Mesh Light, plus the sun, Vray Sun, and the camera, Vray Camera. Next you learn how to make materials such as wood, fabric, dirty metal, glass, mirrors and ceiling materials, then natural and artificial lighting inside the scene. Then you move on to render settings step by step: Common, Image Sampler, Image Filter, Color Mapping, GI, Render Element and Final Render. You finish with Mapping, HDR and IES, along with exercises, projects and sites to download materials and Textures. The lessons are taught by working on a complete interior scene, so you understand the effect of each setting on the final image. The course suits anyone who knows the basics of Autodesk Max and wants higher quality in interior and architectural design images. By the end, you will be able to set up lighting, materials and render settings to produce realistic images of your scene.

Expected outcomes

Ability to use 3DS Max and V-Ray to create professional 3D scenes.
Create realistic materials and lighting to enhance design quality.
Understand advanced rendering settings for high-quality results.
Ability to design interior and exterior scenes professionally.
Develop integrated 3D projects using advanced tools.

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Course content

Vray5 (2022 Version) for 3DS Max

12 lectures

Vray ToolbarIntroduces the V-Ray toolbar in 3ds Max: the render button, control of lights and cameras, the V-Ray Physical Camera, light types such as Plane Light, the sun, effects, Displacement, and the Cosmos Browser.8:42
Create Light PlanExplains creating a V-Ray Plane Light: enabling V-Ray as the render engine in the render settings, then drawing the light and setting its size, intensity Multiplier and color, plus the Exclude option to choose what it affects.22:36
Dome Light - Sphere Light - Spot Light - Mesh LightExplains V-Ray light types: Dome Light with HDRI, Sphere Light and hiding it in the render, Spot Light and Mesh Light, using IES files for lighting effects and rotating them.11:23
Vray SunExplains creating the V-Ray Sun and its settings: sun direction, the sky's link to sun height, Intensity Multiplier, Size Multiplier, sunset effect, and the Invisible option to hide the sun disc.10:12
Vray CameraExplains the V-Ray Physical Camera: creating it and setting position and target, the F-Number, shutter speed and ISO settings and how they affect brightness, Vignetting, White Balance control, and Clipping planes.12:23
Create Simple Wood MaterialExplains making a simple wood material in V-Ray: placing the texture image in the color slot, adjusting Glossiness and reflection, the Bump value, and applying the material to an object with its mapping.20:32
Create Fabric MaterialExplains making velvet and silk fabric materials in V-Ray: using Falloff to give a dark and a light color at the edges, adjusting settings so the material looks velvety, then applying it to a pillow and setting it up as ordinary fabric.13:40
Create Dirty Metal Material - Dirty Glass - MirrorsExplains creating a rusty metal material with reflection, glossiness and bump settings, then a mirror material with fingerprints added on it in V-Ray.8:38
Create Ceiling and Spot MaterialsExplains making the gypsum and metal ceiling materials and checking and controlling their gloss, then materials for the light fixtures, aluminum, plastic and gold parts of the spotlights.10:38
Remaining Scene MaterialsExplains setting up the remaining scene materials such as marble and curtains, controlling matte and reflection, and changing a material's color with a black and white map without editing its settings.21:47
Natural Lighting in the SceneExplains setting up natural lighting for the scene, along with camera and memory settings, and bringing out the sun light and its photons to improve dark areas.16:30
Artificial Lighting in the SceneExplains adding artificial lighting from ready-made light files, adjusting intensity and color temperature, fixing the camera hitting the wall, and leading into render settings.14:12

Render Settings

7 lectures

Common/Frame Buffer/Global/Switches/IPR SettingsExplains V-Ray render settings: setting the image size, a Displacement map for raised and recessed detail, the Override Material option for checking lighting, and live image updates while moving objects in IPR.12:39
Image Sampler SettingsExplains the V-Ray Image Sampler settings that reveal detail, separate colors and smooth edges, the number of rays through Min and Max Subdivs, the Bucket and Progressive Image Sampler types, and limiting render time.11:48
Image Filter/Environment SettingsExplains the V-Ray Image Filter, notably Catmull-Rom for sharp texture detail, another adjustable filter, then the Environment and Camera settings such as Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance and Motion Blur.7:47
Color Mapping SettingsExplains V-Ray Color Mapping types: Linear and the burn it causes in very bright areas, Exponential which reduces burn but fades colors, and a blend of the two, with Dark and Bright Multiplier.6:08
GI Settings (Part One)Explains what GI is, the calculation of indirect lighting, how it differs from direct lighting, the role of the Primary and Secondary Engines, and how Brute Force gathers lighting data from each pixel.7:32
GI Settings (Part Two)Continues the GI settings: the Irradiance Map as primary engine and Light Cache as secondary engine, how lighting data is gathered and blended, Interpolation settings to reduce blotches, and limiting the memory the program uses.18:40
Render Element / Final Render SettingsExplains setting up the final V-Ray render for good quality in less time, then adding Render Elements to control each component separately, and using the Frame Buffer to adjust the image and save it as JPG.13:16