- model the basic shell of the scene

- sweep tool and edit poly tools in 3ds Max

- build the base for your interior rendering

- basic transforms, copies, etc.

- splines + modifiers, converted to edit poly

- use edit poly tools to quickly replicate wood floor planks

- add variation and detail with poly tools and modifiers

- set up proper UVW mapping and multi-subobject materials

- material by element modifier

- continue to develop your skills with edit poly modeling tools

- pay close attention to detail for high quality models

- build a window quickly with simple poly tools

- use reference images to model from

- symmetry modifier for speeding up workflow

• continue with poly modeling tools
• add noise modifiers for variation
• complete your high-detail window model

- Splines + modifiers

- poly modeling tools

- using reference images

- creating the building blocks necessary for a nice modeled piece of furniture

- continue with various different modeling tools

- FFD modifier

- fine tune the model

- get the proportions just right

- push and pull until the size is correct

-Helix primitive object

-Bend modifier

-Align tool

-cloth simulation

-Marvelous Designer

-Model an organic cushion with realistic wrinkles, etc.

-Natural looking models simulated quickly and efficiently.

-Create fabric panels and sewing seams in Marvelous Designer

-Import a custom avatar and use it as a base for a more natural looking model.

-Import curtain rod as a custom avatar into Marvelous Designer.

-Sew a loop around the curtain rod

-Hang curtains from the loop

-Easily pull back the curtains with natural folds

-Strengthen settings

-Solidify settings

-shrinkage and stretch settings

-Add natural wrinkles to your simple rug

-Realtime cloth simulations

-when should you just purchase your models?

-is it cheap or expensive to purchase your models?

-where should you buy your models?

-Download the room model (resource file for this lecture), with all of our models added, then start adding your own entourage models to it, either by modeling your own or purchasing some around the internet.

Some of the furniture I use in the course does not belong to me, so I can't give it away. However, I have started to recreate some of it, and will try to do it all eventually. Go to this link to find other furniture models you can use with your scene.

-3 things that contribute to the overall exposure of an image

-Aperture

-Shutter Speed

-ISO

-What do all these things mean and how can you use them to your advantage?

-examine image examples of professional interior photography

-discuss different compositions and how they are achieved

-look for techniques that we can mimic in 3ds Max and Vray

-Use the virtual camera (3ds Max Physical Camera) to mimic various different real world camera settings

-depth of field in 3ds Max / Vray

-getting just the right exposure

-shutter speed / motion blur

-bokeh effects

-camera clipping

-isolate objects that you don't want overridden

-choose an override material that is the average tone of all the materials in your scene

-adjust the override material for a different look / feel / mood

-Use the Vray HDRI map in conjunction with a Vray Dome Light to create all the exterior light for your scene

-light the entire interior with an image based light coming from outside the room

-understand HDRI better

-learn the essential settings for HDRI lighting in 3ds Max with Vray

-Vray sphere lights / plane lights

-essential settings for getting just the right look and light level

-use interior lights to contribute to the overall exposure of the scene.

-look at the basic construction of professionally created Vray material

-diffuse maps, reflection maps, bump maps

-examine the various different Vray material settings that make your materials look real

-3ds Max slate material editor and compact editor

-follow along to UVW map the furniture model

-UVW mapping types

-mapping different surfaces

-creating different types of maps for different surfaces of an object

- Composite maps

- reflection maps

- glossy maps

- wood material

- metal

- Vray material

- procedural maps

- proper linear workflow settings

- Vray frame buffer

- color adjustments (levels, exposure, color balance, etc)

- lens effects

- light bloom

- lens flares

- saving our render channels

- Volumetric lighting

- Fog / Dusty atmosphere

- Light rays

- VrayEnvironment Render Channel

- All the settings you need to know for Vray Environment Fog

- import all your render channels as layers

- enhance and adjust your renderings using render channels

- adjustment layers

- using Zdepth to add atmospherics and depth of field focus

- use refraction render channel to manually create light bloom effects in post

- sharpening

- high pass effects

- chromatic abberation

- vignetting

- artistic effects

Chaos Vantage is a very powerful program used for real-time rendering and animation for 3d projects and models. Follow along with this segment as we look over the possibilities that Chaos Vantage presents in the ArchViz industry, along with doing some small projects to utilize Chaos Vantage's rendering capabilities. An important element of Vantage is how easily it can turn our renderings into animations.

In this course, we will mostly be learning how to navigate Chaos Vantage and it's many features. We will also learn how to use those features to improve our rendering. This lecture goes over all the settings of Chaos Vantage.

Use the link attached to this course to download the 3ds Max file and the Chaos Vantage project.

We will be exploring the different settings between live link and exporting 3ds max files into Chaos Vantage projects. We will also cover camera placement and animation to enhance this project and make it look much better.

In this section we will cover more animation concepts, along with animating lighting and atmosphere aspects of the project. We will also experiment with lighting options such as the sun and the atmosphere.

In this lecture we will complete the animation but also explore multiple other animation concepts and ideas to expand on and link together the skills learned in previous sections.

In this section we will fine-tune the skills learned in previous sections and use examples to expand on previous knowledge. We will finish up the Chaos Vantage segment of this class with this lecture. Here we will see a complete animation project from beginning to end.