5SRW PROGRAM STUDY

5SRW IS A NO FRILLS COURSE

IT CONTAINS NOTHING MORE THAN YOU REALLY NEED
TO CREATE QUICKLY AMAZING IMAGES

Andrew Morelli
Learnvray member

courtesy image of David Santos, made in 5SRW

~ study program

Learn the photographic and logical way. Know everything about V-Ray and create superb renders.
Created by V-Ray Licensed Trainers, approved by Chaos Group

ALL LESSONS AVAILABLE IN

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Start correctly with V-Ray

Lesson #1: Activating V-Ray for the first time
Select renderer
Save as default
Setup V-Ray and V-Ray Real Time
Lesson #2: Preparing 3ds max and V-Ray to start
Set properly gamma for archviz
Gamma in Preferences
Gamma in Color Mapping
Irradiance map and Light cache combination
Save presets for faster and easy settings
Lesson #3: V-Ray Sun and V-Ray Physical Camera
Default V-Ray Materials for exposures
Add V-Ray Sun and V-Ray Sky
V-Ray Sun properties
Add a V-Ray Physical Camera
Shutter Speed to control exposure

Lesson #7: The amazing V-Ray IES Lights

What is V-Ray IES?
How to assign a photometric curve
Control the power
Control color temperature
Simulating Light Ray and source
V-Ray Light Material
Lesson #8: Create basic Materials with V-Ray
V-Ray Materials: fundamentals
How to use Fresnel for photorealistic reflections
Control reflection and refraction
Create chromed metal
Create plastic
Create realistic glass
Create colored glass
Simulate brushed metals
Simulate opaque plastics
Simulate satin glass

Lesson #4: How V-Ray Light works

White balance for V-Ray Physical Camera
Adding a V-Ray Light
Setting units
Store With Irradiance Map option
Color temperature
Relation between size and intensity
Create strong and diffuse shadows

Lesson #9: How to light with HDRls

Learn the IBL (Image-based lighting)
V-Ray Dome and HDRI file
Control the power
Control the rotation in the scene
How to avoid giant backgrounds
How to avoid splotches caused by HDRIs

Lesson #5: How V-Ray Light works

Studio lighting principles
Hiearchy of lights
Primary, secondary and fill light
The process for the professional light balance
Chromatic contrast

Lesson #10: Understand Color Mapping

What really is the Color Mapping
Linear color mapping usage
Exponential color mapping
When use Linear and when Exponential
Lose contrast, recover contrast

Lesson #6: V-Ray Frame Buffer

Why V-Ray Frame Baffer (VFB) is so special
Color Correction
Tools for overexposed areas
Exposure control
Curves in VFB

AFTER THESE LESSONS

YOU LL BE READY
TO LEARN 5SRW METHOD

CGworld is an official V-Ray Training Center

FEW IN THE WORLD / Check our license on Chaos Group website
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_training_centers.html

LEARN V-RAY ~ study program

Learn the photographic and logical way. Know everything about V-Ray and create superb renders.
Created by V-Ray Licensed Trainers, approved by Chaos Group

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V-RAY PHYSICAL CAMERA

LIGHT BALANCE

Use V-Ray as a real DSLR

Use V-Ray Physical Camera
Setup V-Ray Physical Camera
Photography composition rules
Properly set white balance (D65 and Neutral)
How to create Depht-of-field
Relation between f and shutter speed for perfect dof
Analysis of the shot and the composition rules
Lines/distortions/3rd rule
When using longer focal lenght
How to use wide angle for compositions
Evaluating perspective
How to frame in studio

V-RAY LIGHT
V-Ray Light and options
How to use an HDRI?
Create global lighting with HDRI
How to use VRay IES as primary light
V-Ray IES and V-Ray Light Materials
Light balance and Light reflections
Use a VRayLight to create nice reflections
Combine VRay Sun + VRay Light + Spot lights
Use VRay Dome and Plane
How VRayLight Materials works
VRay and standard spot lights
Lights underwater
Use VRayLight as Portal for photorealism
VRayLight and directional feature
Create IBL: Image-based Lighting
VrayLight Dome combined with HDRI
Use a VRayLight as Butterfly bank light
Black flags usage

Create studio lighting with 3 V-Ray Lights

Creating light herarchy
Learn how to balance lights in V-Ray
Balance intensity and temperature
Create a chromatic contrast
How to use V-Ray IES as primary light
Create customized light hierarchy
Professional workflow: lighting 1 by 1
Light balance analisys 1
Light balance analisys 2
Light balance analisys 3
Light Balance application
Create Daily lighting
Create Golden lighting
The main lighting rule
The 3X3 rule for interior shots
An easy approach for night renders
How to save time with fill lights
An easy approach for Magic Hour renders
Sculpt your scenes using the light

EXPOSURE
Control overexposure
Use V-Ray Frame buffer to correct the exposure
Technique for control overexposures
Why use exponential color mapping + VFB
What is the Color Mapping and what is it useful for
Linear color mapping
Exponential color mapping
The secret of Reinhard color mapping
Tips to compesate exposure
White balance for sunset
HSV Exponential Color mapping

CGworld is an official V-Ray Training Center

FEW IN THE WORLD / Check our license on Chaos Group website
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_training_centers.html

LEARN V-RAY ~ study program

Learn the photographic and logical way. Know everything about V-Ray and create superb renders.
Created by V-Ray Licensed Trainers, approved by Chaos Group

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V-RAY MATERIALS

V-RAY SETTINGS

Create different V-Ray Materials

Plastic, metal chrome, rubber
Create basic metal chrome
Simulate rusty material
Simulate curtain and carpets
How to use VRay2Sided material
Fall off for curtains and opacity
How V-Ray Light Materials works
Create a reflection maps from diffuse
How reflection maps work
Design reflections before light
What is ExtraTex channel
How to create embedded Ambient Occlusion
Create a separated channel for Ambient Occlusion
Different ways to extract details with AO
Manage Fresnel IOR for glass
How to use Fall off for fabrics and car paint
Create reflection maps
Curtain material
Colored glass materials
Fog Color / Fog multiplier
Max Depht option
Increase reflections with IOR
VRay2Sided Materials
Use a map for VRay2Sided Mtl
How to control the maps in the material editor
VRayFastSSS2
Balance diffuse and translucency
Whats Multi sub-object material
Multi sub-object and material IDs
How to map different channels with UVWmap
How Unwrap UVW works
How to make a water material
How to use opacity channel for lights
Mapping reflections and glossy
Procedure to control complex mapping
How to save materials in a library
Max Depht option

Irradiance map and light cache

Adaptive subdivision: when using it
Adaptive DMC: when using it
What is noise threshold for final renders
Setup and use V-Ray Real Time
Modify V-Ray Sun shadows
Test settings in 5SRW
Final settings in 5SRW
Affect Shadows option
What is ExtraTex channel
How to use VRay
How to improve irradiance map and light cache
V-Ray Sun and size multiplier option
Modify sky colors and correct distortions
V-Ray Real Time features
Draw region and Real Zoom
Affect channel option
Final settings for a clean render
VRay Light portals and simple option
How to see perfectly the texture in the viewport;
Contrast textures with Output
Contrast textures with Color Correction
Use VRayCompTex
Use VRayColor
V-Ray Fur: easy and effective
How to save time with VRaylights Substitutes
How to save time during the lighting set up
Uniform surface properties
Subdivs in 5SRW

CGworld is an official V-Ray Training Center

FEW IN THE WORLD / Check our license on Chaos Group website
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_training_centers.html

~ study program

Learn the photographic and logical way. Know everything about V-Ray and create superb renders.
Created by V-Ray Licensed Trainers, approved by Chaos Group

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POST PRODUCTION

PROBLEMS&SOLUTION

Use V-Ray passes in Post Production

How to use Reflections render element
How to use VRayLightSelect render element
How to use VRayExtraTex for Ambient Occlusion
White balance with 1 point-curves
Create professional vintage effect
Create different vintage effects
Cutout filter for perfect bump effect
How to use V-Ray Lens Effect
How to correct images with levels/curve in VFB
Postproduction technique for overexposures
How to use it for Ambien Occlusion pass
Manage the sharpness with unsharpmask
Contrast textures with Photoshop
Manage final render and background
Light&Shade technique
Add flares and anharmonic flares
Control the details with Unsharp Mask-1px
Grass replacement
How to make a bonfire
Get alpha channel with V-Ray Dome
How to choose the right background
FAD technique (to extract hidden details);
PROGLOW technique
Best VIGNETTING technique
How to use render elements
VRay Reflections
VRay Raw Reflections
VRay Wire Color

The amazing RayFire plugin for falling objects

Learn how to fix black splotches
How to use Hair and Fur modifier
Comb your carpet with guides
Fix overlapped faces
How to avoid splotches
Fix Light Cache imperfections
What are dominant colors?
No HDRI to achieve great result
Useful shortcuts for photoshop
Quick proxy objects

OVER 50 LESSONS
OVER 500 MINS
OVER 30 EXERCISES
SUPPORT & UPDATE
FOR 1-YEAR
ACCESS TO
5SRW CERTIFICATION

ALL LESSONS AVAILABLE IN

ENGLISH

ESPANOL ITALIANO INDONESIAN FRANCAIS PORTUGUES

DEUTSCH

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All these renders have been created by our members

following the 5SRW method

5SRW IS A NO FRILLS COURSE

IT CONTAINS NOTHING MORE THAN YOU REALLY NEED
TO CREATE QUICKLY AMAZING IMAGES
Andrew Morelli
Learnvray member