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70s Style Room - Light Balance
70s Style Room - Light Balance
HD VIDEO / Narrated / 5′
Chromatic contrast;
Here we are for the first lesson about 5-Step Render Workflow® : our complete method to manage
render process in 5 easy steps.
The 1st step is about Framing and Check-in. Focusing just on the Check-in, It consists in 3 simple rules
which often people don’t care, creating a lot of problems impossible to solve later on. In this lesson just
see these rules:
The step 1 is the set up of the job: a great final result is always related to a good preparation. Check your
models, find good textures, especially find good images to use as references. If you ‘are starting directly
from here I suggest to complete the first 10 lessons before > 10 Lessons to start correctly
Light Balance is one of the most important steps. If you can’t find a good light balance don’t move away!
Work on it until you have a good one: find a good light balance and your final render will be great, that’s
for sure.
The process is based on a light Herarchy. it’s really simple, watch the video:
VIDEO
This scene is really, really simple but that it’s not the point. If you deeply understand how important is
this step and what are the crucial concetps, you just need to apply the same concepts on every type of
scene. Even more complex scenes becasue the concepts never change.
CONCEPTS:
COMMON MISTAKE:
One of the most common errors is the duplicated shadow. This is because there’s no herarchy between
the lights. Here an example of uncorrect light balance:
EXERCISE:
Download the Max files and create 3 different light balances using two V-Ray Lights. The concept is
always the same: balance the First light (stronger) with the Second one.