How to use DOME LIGHT and HDRI for Exterior Lighting | Vray for Sketchup

Hey guys! A lot of you have requested this video, sorry for taking so long but it's finally here! Today I'm going to show you how to use Dome Light and HDRI for exterior Lighting in Vray 3.4 for Sketchup. The trees in scene were modeled with Skatter. See links below for free and pro version!
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[@cgonzt5636]

Can you lock/ link the Dome light position with Sketchup’s sun positioning? Thanks

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[@ArchitectureInspirations]

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[@bepydillustrator]

Hi! Thank you for this very helpful video! Explain way better the dome lights effect. I wanna ask you something about it: i use vray next and i noticed that the option "lock dome light" does not exist anymore. How can I lock the dome light to the hdri in vray next? thank you!

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2:35 i dont have spherical option and lock dome light too... what should i do?

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Such an amazing video! so helpful. But I donot see the spherical option in my Vray 3.6.... please help!

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How do you control the inclination of Light?

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[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hi I'm not sure if there's a way to move the HDRI, 🤔 I think it might be because of your camera position

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[@georgespapillon364]

Thank you so much ! I just use your directions for a work I was doing today. It turned out quite nice. I find that when I use an HDRI sky, it always starts very dark. Is there a way to adjust the light separately or ( sun ) intensity, and the sphere light ?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Yeah you just have to increase the intensity by a lot and if it gets too bright then use the highlight burn function to reduce the washed out areas of the render ^.^

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

For more tips on exterior, check out my 10 tips for realistic exterior video. I also show you how to combine HDRI and sunlight 😄

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@@ArchitectureInspirations Thank you for the reply. Would you have a recommendation for the lawn grass texture for V-Ray with SketchUp ? I find the V-Ray texture for grass is too flat in my render. It looks so even...!

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Hm you can use vray fur. I showed it in a video called 10 tips for realistic exterior. You can find it on my channel😄

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[@franciscorodriguezvideography]

Hello. Thanks for the very good tutorial, although it didn't answer a question I have. When and Why do you use the dome light? For what reason instead of the normal skylight? What does it change or allow you to do, besides HDRIs, that the normal sunlight cant?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

HDRI gives you a more dynamic environment, it has a realistic background and realistic reflection

[@franciscorodriguezvideography]

@@ArchitectureInspirations Thank you for the reply. So you are recommending to usually use dome lights in your exterior scenes than the normal sunlight yes?

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hello that is very good. would u mind making a full tutorial how to use v-ray setting and basic function for editing materiel ????

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

I have some videos on materials in vray! check out my other videos, and I'll try to work on some new videos on render settings :D

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[@jesusgar1612]

Hey! Thanks a lot for another useful video.! it´s simple, amazing and great the way to learn with your videos. Do you use only the Dome light for ilumination? The SunSky is off? In older version of Vray i use the sun enviroment for increase the effect of the shadows and make a little more "sun day effect". You only use HDRI and Camera parameters?(iso,..etc) Thanks a lot again! -great video as always-

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hey i only use the domelight for lighting, and turn off sunlight. Then use only camera settings to adjust if needed

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+Tanvir Ahmed Khan hi there! Do you have anything specific you want to learn?

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+Simone Ghezzi hi Simone! In my latest video, I have a link to a collection of good assets on the 3dwarehouse. You should check it out!

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any idea how to adjust the shadow radius from hdri?

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Really good video. I just have some problems with the shadow on my model. The sunlight seems to be directly on the top of my model makes it look darker specially on parts with eaves. Wish you could help me. Thanks a lot

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Are you using sunlight or HDRI for lighting? If sunlight then adjust sketchup shadows settings. If HDRI then just change to a different HDRI

[@meynardcruz7905]

@@ArchitectureInspirations I'm using the HDRI setting and turned off the sunlight. I just changed the HDRI and works well now. More cool videos from you. Thanks 👍

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Can we make the shadows soft? Just like we do for sunlight by increasing size multiplier?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Unfortunately no

[@TheRuan1992]

Your Videos has helped me tremendously! Thank you, but could you maybe make a tutorial on using the sun settings in the new Vray? I just simply can't get it to work the way I want to... Thanks again for the vids!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Ruan you're welcome! Is there a specific thing you need help with?

[@TheRuan1992]

Thanks for the response! I have only recently upgraded to the new Vray for sketchup, as I was using Vray 2 still. I'm having a hard time to configure the Vray sun Engine in 3.4. I have tried everything, but I just don;t get the same result like I did in Vray 2. Basically increasing the sun settings to illuminate an interior scene. If you could in any way help with the normal sun settings, that would be awesome! Thanks again for the response.

[@TheRuan1992]

The easiest way to maybe help me, is to explain your lighting setup in your realistic Materials video? The last part where you explain the addition of a reflection map. I tried making my own version of that part, but I only get light coming in on small precise spots, if that makes sense.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Ruan ahh gotcha! The sunlight alone might not be enough. You might want to try increase exposure value or even use rectangular lights. I cover it briefly in my dining room video😄

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[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+CanhM Tran you're welcome! As of now, I think the best way is to use a Denoiser Channel in the render element. That help reduce noise really quickly and easily. Try that!

[@subnaamatya9769]

Thank you very much for this video. I tried using an HDRI in a dome light but but my background appears blurry in the final output. Is there any way to make it clear?

[@xhinfajanilan1504]

Informative video, nice one...

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!

[@shubhamkarki8939]

Hey man, how did you change the color of the shadow in sketchup? It looks really cool for illustration..

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hi, that was actually done using Photoshop. I just overlay a solid color layer over the shadows

[@shubhamkarki8939]

@@ArchitectureInspirations oh.. so is there's no way to change shadow color in sketchup! That feature would have been nice.

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Dude can i ask something, how can we put the HDRI texture farther? I mean, i use HDRI texture, the cloud seems so big, i want to make it smaller for more realistic look. Thanks before bro, you're the man!

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hey man! So it completely depend on your HDRI, some are shot with backgrounds closer. Others have it farther away. I would recommend going to HDRI haven to find what works best for you. It's all free HDRI :)

[@oktavianusirwan1802]

Thank's dude for the reply, really helpful with those recommendation. The best vray teacher in youtube for sure. Good luck, keep being cool haha.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Haha thanks man! I'll try my best to live up to the expectations 😂😄😄

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Thank's for the tutorial and keep working. GBU

[@satyamarchitect]

It's really useful

[@SAguirre7490]

Which HDRi did you use for you render? It looks different than the one you chose while showing us

[@md.abdurrahman8585]

Thank you for a super best tutorial..:) I found some problem in my v ray dome light options. I've no "Lock Dome light" Option. What should I do to fix that?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Md. Abdur Rahman ah, the new version changed that to "use transform". Turn that on and you're good to go!😄

[@md.abdurrahman8585]

Thank you :)

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Md. Abdur Rahman you're welcome , 😄

[@ahmedrady3853]

i also didn't find "use transform" !!

[@SayutiAbdulRahman]

thank you.. for Vray 2.0, is it the same? i mean, in your video, its not necessary to scale up the dome light bigger, it still work pretty well. isnt it?

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Sayuti Deterna yeah you don't have to scale it up at all, I was just scaling it up for demonstration purposes 😊

[@SayutiAbdulRahman]

thank you. great tut video...

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Hi Architecture Inspirations, maybe you can do some video on how to avoid taking so long in building light cache during the rendering time. Thank you!

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[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Thank you!

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[@nanakwabena8417]

Hey really great video. I was wondering, what are the specifications of your computer? Thank you

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hi there, please check the description box of any of my video to see my computer specs 😄

[@ncanoner]

Great stuff! I have a question tho. Is it possible scaling the hdri images at the scenes? Thanks.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

+Can Öner hm I think you can but I wouldn't recommend it because hdri images were made to be 360 degree. If you scale it up, it might not look right 😂

[@qallamariwan1378]

Thank you. Ur the best

[@semenelinization29]

Hello there! may i ask where to find Material or Light Source "SUBDIVISION" cuz i got these grainy texture result. Great Video by the way.

[@ArchitectureInspirations]

Hi there! In V-Ray 3.4 you no longer have material subdivisions, everything is managed globally through your quality settings.

[@semenelinization29]

Oh i see, well i guess the the problem is in my settings.Thanks for your time sir,much appreciated.