In this series of lessons we will explore the various techniques and some helpful tips for setting up realistic lighting for an interior scene using V-Ray for Maya.

The ability to set up realistic lighting for an interior environment is a skill that is highly sought after in the CG industry. Problems to overcome, arise with every digital set. So we will be covering a lot of very common issues that you will want to be aware of such as using V-Ray lights to create physically-accurate light behavior, achieving realistic light bouncing in our scene, optimizing our render speed, using V-Ray materials to simulate a variety of surface types, using an external image-editing application to add some finishing touches to our renders, as well as many other tips, tricks, and techniques that will help you become a stronger, more effective rendering artist in V-Ray.

Lesson Outline (16 lessons)


1. Introduction and project overview 1 min. 9 sec.



2. Establishing proper scene scale when rendering 4 min. 8 sec.



3. Setting up the primary light source for our scene 10 min. 1 sec.



4. Adding secondary illumination sources to our scene 8 min. 25 sec.



5. Finishing the rough lighting of our scene 6 min. 35 sec.



6. Adding V-Ray materials to the floor and ceiling 8 min. 35 sec.



7. Refining the V-Ray floor material for our room 10 min. 47 sec.



8. Applying V-Ray materials to the chair in our scene 10 min. 11 sec.



9. Creating materials and textures for the pillows 9 min. 49 sec.



10. Adding materials to the rug and artwork in our room 9 min. 50 sec.



11. Adding materials to the table in our room 9 min. 34 sec.



12. Creating materials for the oranges in our room 9 min. 47 sec.



13. Rendering Maya Smooth Mesh objects in V-Ray 7 min. 7 sec.



14. Adding translucency to the curtains 7 min. 19 sec.



15. Making final quality adjustments to our render 10 min. 15 sec.



16. Using Photoshop to add final touches to our render 13 min. 7 sec.


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