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The physical workflow explained

The physical workflow explained - V-Ray Tutorial

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The physical workflow explained

When working with V-Ray there are lots of ways that we can approach our lighting and rendering setups. If we want to create or even recreate what could be defined as photographic realism in our lighting and rendering setups, if, for instance, we are in the visualization field, then there is a V- Ray workflow and toolset that we will most likely want to master. This can rightly be called the Physical Workflow of photographic approach to rendering. Here we use real world size and scale, real world lighting units and the laws of physics, and also the physical or actual behavior of real world photographic equipment. If you are a photographer, then this Physical Workflow approach may be familiar to you, as it shares the same tools and terminology. For those who may not have any kind of photographic experience, maybe you're coming from a more traditional CG lighting workflow, that is the use of key, fill, bounce, and environment lights, well, not to worry, because although this approach…

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