Daylight Interior Rendering Tutorial | VRay Sun + Environment Background (GI)

There's something about a bright cheery scene with sunlight filtering in; but if you just set up a scene with a window and no other light sources and hit render, it'll come out dark and unpleasant.
VRay's camera doesn't work like a real world camera; it doesn't capture light bounces or adjust automatically to surroundings. That's why there are some hidden light effects used to enhance a render that's using only sunlight to illuminate it.
In this video, I'll show you how to set up VRay Sun, Environment, and a few Background/Hidden lights, step by step and in detail.
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VRay Sun: docs.chaosgrou...
Environment and GI Light: docs.chaosgrou...
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[@caioamaro]

now THIS is a real tutorial. I am sick of people just recording their screens while they do things without explaining WHAT, HOW and WHY they are doing what they are doing. Thank you!

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome! Be warned tho, some of my older videos were just recorded with no voiceover (I did use text labels tho) 😅

[@AFStudio2]

Hahaha that's okay bro😁.. I think those tutorials that just recording their screens is for advanced learners, where they just need to see how it is being done in order to learn. There are people who are literally visual learner where they just need to see the process. Me, when I was a beginner I just want to see the process so I can learn even without explaining. So I also enjoyed recorded screens before. And now in my channel that is also my content, workflow videos for advanced learners.. I just recording my process from start to finish 😁 you can check it out 😁

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[@Ravenors.academy]

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[@markorukelj2799]

Nice job. Tutorials of this quality are rare this days.

[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you so much :)

[@lipczynskapatrycja7635]

When you were adding extra rectangle light you told about some spaces where it was needed but at first sight I didn't notice it . Really helpful tutorial!

[@Ravenors.academy]

Glad this helped you :)

[@AFStudio2]

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[@Ravenors.academy]

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[@Ravenors.academy]

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[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you for your support :) really appreciate it!

[@iamphyize]

Haven’t watch this but thanks for making explanations on this

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome!

[@iamphyize]

@@Ravenors.academy do you make tutorials on Vray How do you feel, are tutorial channel growing on KZbin

[@Ravenors.academy]

Yes, I make tutorials on Sketchup, VRay, and a few other smaller ones. And yes, tutorial channels grow well organically but they would grow even faster with ads :) I never tried ads, been doing this organically since I started (website in Dec 2014 and channel in Nov 2019).

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[@shamkhan8712]

very nice video.... with detail... i like all your videos.... good channel to learn basic to advance..

[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you so much! It's great to have you here :)

[@1983savana]

Nice video!! Learnt few tricks, thank you😊

[@Ravenors.academy]

You are very welcome :)

[@marlenemsc8550]

Hello! Great tutorial. I have a question. Why did you render constantly without material?

[@ritmopop]

this is great thank you so much!

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome!

[@Gypsy.Danger_]

This helps me out a lot thankyou ❤️✌️

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome :)

[@appleid277]

Awesome tutorial..finally this tutorial reached my expectations.. Could u plz make a tutorial of window glass and glass containers in kitchen materials rendering plzzzzzz ..

[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you for your comment! I'll resume posting tutorials soon and I'll make sure to make one :)

[@appleid277]

Thank you so much

[@richardvankesteren7013]

As usual this is a very informative video. I like the clear and easy to understand explanations of the settings, what does each setting do. I am not sure what you ment by window pane distortion 18:08. I had distortion when looking through the glass of a window in a few of my scenes. Making sure all sides of the pane had the same glass material and sometimes reversing faces solved the problem. Instead of a rectangle light next to the side window in the corner, I had put a portal light in front of the window to enhance realism. Keep up the good work :) .

[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you so much! It's great to gave you here :) What I meant by window pane distortion wasn't about how the material is set, but by the reflection and refraction values of the environment light; it can cause the image used as a background to look either zoomed in/out or look dull and dark. Sorry if I didn'tget the point accross more clearly!

[@marie-christinetremblay8635]

Thanks for the tutorial! I try to apply a bitmap background in the environment setting but when i render my background is black. It make me feel that the image isn't render. Can you have a clue about this problem?

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome :) How about you send me a screenshot of one of those renders + your environment settings so I can take a look? Message me on either Facebook, Instagram, or Discord. The links are in the description below the video :)

[@UncleLoveYou321]

Really help

[@cloudnine8517]

Hi I'm wondering can these steps be followed for Rhino?

[@trvblt92]

Amazing work. Than you so much for your time.

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome, Charliezard!

[@arshadm10]

What if a dome light added to the scene? is there any need to add bitmap to Gi, Background in that case?

[@Ravenors.academy]

Nope, unless you made the Dome light texture invisible :)

[@rasyidirahim1343]

10:13 Hi, how do i can used the guide compare before & after like that? is there any setting or how to do that? thanks

[@Ravenors.academy]

You have to enable History in your Frame Buffer for this to work :) enabling AB comparison depends on your VRay version tho.

[@bilalrehman6532]

Hi, this is very informative video!! I have one question though, how did you exclude the glass from material override in the scene?

[@Ravenors.academy]

In the Glass material options tab, scroll to the very bottom. There should be an option thay says 'Can be Overridden', un-tick it and you're good to go :) It works on any type of material you want to be excluded from the override, so get creative ;)

[@ic3ay]

Awsome tutorial!! Can you also make a tutorial about how to set a scene, especially how yo view in your viewport your render size? Just as in your video. Those darker lines in the viewport are areas which don’t appear in the rendered imagine, i suppose. I can’t seem to find anywhere an info about this matter. Thank you in advance!

[@Ravenors.academy]

Thank you! I already have a 3 video series on different camera setup types, here's a link to the first video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJq3daGrrpiChpo Yes true, these blackish bars are called the Safe Frame; what's between these two bars is what will show during a render. Good luck :)

[@ic3ay]

@@Ravenors.academy thank you tons!!

[@-senior5087]

Voice amazing

[@Ravenors.academy]

Okay thanks.

[@melodysim849]

Hi! This video is amazing, thank you for your time and effort :) apart from lighting, I’m curious as to how you did the floor tiles. Could you explain the process?

[@Ravenors.academy]

It's actually pretty simple! You draw the pattern on the floor surface and then add two different materials in the pattern :) I went a step further and created the tile pattern as 3D components (2 mm thick) next to each other, to add more realism.

[@melodysim849]

@@Ravenors.academy ahhhh that makes sense, thank you!! :)

[@Ravenors.academy]

You're very welcome :)

[@UncleLoveYou321]

Hopefully it will have more lighting tutoriol like ies

[@Ravenors.academy]

Here you go :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/on7Ug5RpeNmIrtE Hope this helps too!

[@jayshockey5461]

AWESOME!

[@Ravenors.academy]

THANKS! :)

[@mohammedbakhtiyar5576]

Which is the best configuration pc for vray

[@Ravenors.academy]

Depends on what type of projects you work on, your budget, and whether you prefer to render CPU or GPU. For example I render CPU so my Processor is 2.8 overclocked to give a 3.2 GHz, RAM is 16 Gb, and my Gfx Card is an AMD with only 2 Gb dedicated RAM.

[@mayahmed79]

Is possible to share your plugins to us

[@toheyabdo1891]

Thanks

[@shez535]

Using dome is more better for environmental light right ?

[@Ravenors.academy]

It really depends on the result you're looking for 🤷🏻‍♀️ You can message me on Facebook if you'd like me to elaborate on that. Next week's tutorial will have dome light tho, so stay tuned 😊

[@shez535]

@@Ravenors.academy thank you The video is nice