When it comes to creating an environment that appears to be lit by natural sun…and skylight, V-Ray for Maya offers an excellent high-quality set of tools that…can really help us accomplish just that goal.…The V-Ray Sun and V-Ray Sky are perhaps obviously enough developed to work…together to recreate the real life sun and sky environment of planet earth.…They are coded, so that scene lighting changes its appearance according to the…direction and elevation of the V-Ray Sun object in the scene.…To create these objects to create these light types in the scene, we want to…come up to our Main toolbar, let's click on the Display Render Settings window icon.…
We want to come to the V-Ray tab and if we close the Image sampler rollout and…come all the way down to the bottom, you can see we have these V-Ray Sun and Sky rollout.…Creating these light types, adding them to the scene is as simple as clicking on…the Create Sun button and the Create Sky button and now we have those options…set up, ready to use.…
Author
Brian Bradley
Released
3/8/2012- Installing and setting up V-Ray
- Using the DMC Sampler
- Understanding color mapping modes
- Adding a spherical fill light
- Working with the V-Ray Dome Light
- Using irradiance mapping and the Light cache
- Creating diffuse color
- Making reflective materials
- Creating translucency
- Ensuring quality with image sampling
- Controlling the V-Ray physical camera
- Creating a motion blur effect
- Compositing V-Ray elements
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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Exercise files40s
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Workflow recommendation1m 58s
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1. Getting Ready to Render with V-Ray
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Installing V-Ray4m 25s
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Setting up V-Ray3m 14s
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2. Critical V-Ray Concepts
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Image sampling explained3m 19s
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Understanding subdivs3m 49s
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Using the DMC Sampler6m 54s
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Overview of color mapping4m 45s
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3. Key Lighting Tools
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Creating a mesh light2m 43s
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Creating a skylight effect3m 18s
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Working with the dome light3m 38s
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4. Global Illumination
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How irradiance mapping works5m 30s
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How light cache works3m 48s
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Using light cache7m 58s
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Understanding brute force GI2m 18s
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Using brute force GI7m 3s
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5. The V-Ray Materials
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Creating diffuse color8m 31s
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Making reflective materials5m 40s
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Blurring reflections8m 31s
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6. Quality Control with Image Sampling
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Using the Fixed-Rate sampler5m 57s
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7. The Physical Workflow
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8. V-Ray's Effects Tools
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Generating caustic effects7m 51s
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Using VRayFur6m 2s
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9. Using Render Elements
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Render elements workflow6m 47s
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Preparing to composite2m 22s
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Post-lighting a scene11m 40s
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10. V-Ray RT
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Overview of V-Ray RT5m 27s
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Conclusion
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What's next?1m 8s
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Video: Working with VRaySun and VRaySky