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V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max (Architectural Visualization Beginner and Intermediate)

Course Details

Course Description

Instructor Profile


	Includes 3.5 Hours of V-Ray 2.0 Training for Free ($99 Value)
	Recording Price:		$299
	Recording Length:		18 Hours
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	This training course is designed for users with less than 12 months of production experience in V-Ray. All major features within VRay 2.0 are explained through an easy to understand approach. Rather than providing a list of good settings, which may work on some scenes and not others, the instructor dissects each major setting and explains the math and reasoning behind the settings so that students will know how to troubleshoot any scene and get the best mixture of speed and quality. All settings fall into 3 categories; quality settings, appearance settings, and tools. The instructor shows students how to maximize quality by controlling noise and improving detail, while simultaneously minimizing render times. The artistic side of the program comes to life with an explanation of the settings that control the appearance of renderings, as well as an explanation of various exterior and interior lighting techniques. Finally, all of the incredible tools within the program are illustrated in great detail so that students can make the most out of program and maximize efficiency. This training course requires an fundamental level of knowledge of 3ds Max. The V-Ray renderer is a plug-in that allows 3ds Max users to bypass the default scanline renderer and achieve truly photorealistic quality with minimal effort. Because of its unsurpassed quality, speed, and ease of use, V-Ray has rapidly become the industry’s renderer of choice in the lighting of architectural visualizations, and is also a favorite among film and game producers. Training class covers V-Ray 1.5 SP4 with most support files provided in Max 2009 or earlier.


Brian Smith	Alexander Gorbunov
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NOTE: Final instructor for this class announced a few days before class begins.

Session Outline

(DAY 1)

Critical Settings (Part 1)
0800-0900	Image Sampling
0900-1000	Irradiance Maps

Critical Settings (Part 2)
1000-1100	Light Cache
1100-1200	DMC
1300-1400	Color Mapping
1400-1500	Environment Lighting

Materials
1500-1600	Reflection and Refraction
1600-1700	VRay Blend and Override / Caustics / Dispersion
1700-1800	Real-world Material Creation

(DAY 2)

Lighting
0800-0900	HDRIs
0900-1000	Standard vs Photometric vs. V-Ray Lights
1000-1100	VRay RT

Animating with V-Ray
1100-1200	Animation Modes
1300-1400	V-Ray Physical Camera

V-Ray Power Tools
1400-1500	Displacement / Progressive Path Tracing / Bidirectional Path Tracing
1500-1600	V-Ray Proxies

Practical Lighting Application
1600-1700	Exterior Lighting
1700-1800	Interior Lighting