3D Digital Rendering for the Interior Design Practice course will walk you through exactly how to produce photo-realistic renders of your design in Sketchup and V-Ray.
For 1st Semester S.Y. 2022-2023, this program will be delivered through the SoFA C.R.E.A.T.E. (Collaborative Remote Experience through Art and Transformative Education) Program.
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Outcomes:
To cover all of the V-Ray light types (from Sun and Sky to Sphere), irradiance mapping, physical cameras, materials, and V-Ray quality controls. For students to know and understand how to use V-Ray features to make SketchUp models look their very best.
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The semester begins in SEPTEMBER 2022
This course runs for 1 semester, or approximately 4 to 5 months.
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Schedule: September 10, 2022 - February 4, 2023 | Saturday | 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
NOTE: Class schedules may change without prior notice. Our Admissions Office will be in touch with enrolled students for any updates or changes to this class schedule.
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Outline:
Lesson 01: Introduction
1) Other Important Factors to consider for Photorealistic Interiors
- Composition
- Lighting
- Models/Components
- Materials
- Rendering
2) Workflow Intro
- Framing
- Light Balance
- Materials
- Final Settings
- Post-Production
Lesson 02: User Interface Overview
1) V-Ray Toolbar
- V-Ray Lights
- V-Ray Objects
- V-Ray Rendering and Options
2) V-Ray Asset Editor
- Materials
- Lighting
- Geometry
- Render Settings
- Render
- Camera
- Render Output
- Animation
- Environment
- Material Override
- Swarm
- Advance UI
- V-Ray Frame Buffer or VFB
Lesson 03: Virtual Camera Setup for Interior Rendering
1) Placing a camera
- Add scene
- Advanced Camera Tools
- 2) Advanced Camera Parameters
Lesson 04: V-Ray Sun & Environment (Sky)
- V-Ray Sun Parameters
- Environment Parameters
- Setting Shadow Directions using SketchUp Shadows & Solar North Plugin
Lesson 05: V-Ray Lights
1) Types of Lights
- V-Ray Rectangle Light
- V-Ray Portal Lights
- V-Ray Sphere Light
- V-Ray Spot Light
- V-Ray IES Light
- V-Ray Dome Light (HDRI)
- V-Ray Mesh Light
2) Light Parameters – Adjusting color temperature, intensity, units, directionality and other options
Lesson 06: Basic Studio Light
- a) Light Hierarchy
- Primary Light (Key Light)
- Secondary Light
- Fill Light
Lesson 07: V-Ray Frame Buffer
1) Correction Controls & Force Color Clamping
- Exposure
- White Balance
- Curves
2) Lens Effects
- Filter Generator
- 3) VFB History
Lesson 08: Render Settings
1) Rendering modes
- Progressive Rendering
- Bucket Rendering
2) Choosing Global Illumination engine for Draft and Final Settings
- Brute Force + Light Cache
- Irradiance Map + Light Cache
- 3) Draft and Final Bucket Rendering Settings
- 4) Adding Render Elements
Lesson 09: V-Ray Materials
1) Creating Generic V-Ray Materials from scratch
- Paint
- Wood
- Metal
- Glass / Water
- Rug (Deep pile/Shaggy - Using V-Ray Fur)
2) Emissive Material
3) Two-Sided Material – Curtains / Lamp Shade
4) SSS (Subsurface Scattering)
5) Exploring V-Ray Material Library
6) UVW Mapping using V-Ray Utilities
7) Adding Maps
- Reflection Map
- Uniform Reflection
- Mapped Reflection
- Bump Map
- Displacement Map
WORKFLOW APPLICATION
Lesson 10: Day Scene 1 – Dining-Kitchen
- Framing
- Light Balance
- Materials
- Test Render
- Final Render
- Post-production
Lesson 11: Depth-Of-Field of Dining-Kitchen
- Camera Setup
- Test Render
- Final Render
- Post-production
Lesson 12: Night Scene – Bedroom
- Framing
- Light Balance
- Materials
- Test Render
- Final Render
- Post-production
Lesson 13: Day Scene 2 – Open Office
- Framing
- Light Balance
- Materials
- Test Render
- Final Render
- Post-production
Lesson 14: Day Scene 3 – Small Cosmetic Store
- Framing
- Light Balance
- Materials
- Test Render
- Final Render
- Post-production
Lesson 15: Troubleshooting
- Splotches
- Grainy Areas
- Overlapping Faces
Lesson 16: Exporting
Lesson 17: Presentation & Critique
Lesson 18: Presentation & Critique
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Material Requirements:
Laptop with internet access
Installed Sketchup program (latest 2016)
Installed VRAY plug-in
Mouse with scroll wheel
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Payment Terms:
Enrolling students have the option to settle tuition for this course in full upon enrollment, or avail of our 2-part Installment Plan or 4-part Installment Plan. Please click on the appropriate payment term upon checkout to confirm your initial enrollment.
- Full Payment
- Upon Enrollment: PHP 17,860.50
- 2-Part Installment Plan
- Upon Enrollment: PHP 10,430.25
- 2nd Payment: PHP 10,430.25
For students availing the 2-part Installment Plan, succeeding payments may be settled directly with our Finance Office. Post-dated checks will be required for all installment plans. For more information, kindly email admissions@sofa.edu.ph.
NOTE: Tuition and applicable fees for this course have been adjusted for the 1st semester of S.Y. 2022-2023 in view of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.