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DELICATE ROOM – Full Training

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:48:22 +0000

In this training we analyze "Delicate Room", In a room with a small window, natural and artificial lights need to be mixed. Also learn how to manage carpets, floors, curtains. Recover overexposures without render again.

70′S STYLE – Full Training

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:19:41 +0000

In this training we will analyze “70's Style Room". In this scene we use a Studio Light, using 3 V-Ray Lights as: primary, secondary and reflecion light. Also learn V-Ray materials and especially Dof effect with V-Ray Physical Camera.

RUSTY NAILS – Full Training

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:23:18 +0000

This training is a really simple situation about Light Balance. These conditions are the best to study different things: how to use HDRI, create nice reflections, produce a perfect bump, apply V-Ray Lens Effect.

Final render – Sandwiching technique

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:56:55 +0000

As you can see the curtain is totally overexposed, that means a flat white on a big surface. Here a trick to solve the problem in 2mins, without render again.

Materials: Floor, Curtain and Carpets

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:13:56 +0000

In this lesson I'll show you how manage some special materials present in this scene: Floor, Curtain and Carpet, using a great model, vray2sided materials and hair ad fur.

Creating Photorealistic Floors

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:07:10 +0000

A flat plane with a texture is not the best to get a really photorealistic floor. In this lesson you'll see how to create photorealistic 3d floors using FloorGenerator - FREE POST

Delicate Room – Light Balance

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:30:44 +0000

The light decay quickly in interiors, that means in 2-3 meters the scene will get dark. To compensate this problem we need to add more lights supporting the natural light.

Nails – Rusty material and V-Ray Lens effect.

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:22:04 +0000

In this lesson we will simulate rusty material, use cutout filter for perfect bump effect and learn how to use V-Ray Lens Effect to add a photorealistic bloom.

Nails – Light balance and Reflections

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:47:02 +0000

In this lesson we will talk about create global lighting with an Hdri, basic metal chrome for Nails, fix black splotches and how to create amazing highlights with a V-Ray Light.

Nails – How to randomly place objects in a few seconds.

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:42:40 +0000

Placing objects randomly is really time consuming, and also it isn't artistic. So we need to find a way to do it as fast as possible: we can easily do it with RayFire.