{"id":1831,"date":"2012-07-19T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T10:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2012-12-11T14:54:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:54:23","slug":"minimal-exterior-light-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/minimal-exterior-light-balance.htm","title":{"rendered":"Minimal Exterior &#8211; Light Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In this video I&#8217;ll show you 10 important points about daily exterior<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHow to create a nice composition and control the light balance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/topics-5srw.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contents for this lesson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1 HD VIDEO LESSON<\/strong> (15&#8242; narrated by a certified V-Ray Trainer)<\/li>\n<li>Photography composition rules<\/li>\n<li>V-Ray Sun\/sky and V-Ray Physical Camera<\/li>\n<li>Modify sky colors and correct distortions<\/li>\n<li>Use V-Ray Real Time<\/li>\n<li>Light balance analisys<\/li>\n<li>Light Balance application<\/li>\n<li>White balance for sunset<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download<\/strong> the 3d model to carry out the exercise (80mb)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download<\/strong> the completed exercise to check it (82mb)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After this training every student will be able to get this amazing render:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/minimal-sunny.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1832\" title=\"prev-minext\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/prev-minext.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/prev-minext.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/prev-minext-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>*Model was built from zero, but thank you Sebastian Tupper for inspiring me this great training.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Create the Shot and Light Balance<\/h2>\n<p>Enjoy this video and carry out the exercise.<br \/>\n<strong>Remember this is not a tutorial: this is a &#8216;Lesson&#8217; with principles + applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[private Premium|Premium-1year|5trainings]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46022110?byline=0&amp;color=ff9933\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESUME FROM THE VIDEO LESSON<br \/>\nTHE 10 POINTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 &#8211; Positioning Camera<\/strong>:<br \/>\nTo control perfectyl your camera I always suggest to place it from the top view. I know this is a &#8216;stupid&#8217; suggestion but in my live training I see maaany people placing cameras from everywhere. That&#8217;s no problem but the best way is absolutely placing camera from the TOP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 &#8211; Camera Height<\/strong><br \/>\nAdjust the height in the LEFT\/RIGHT view\u00c2\u00a0and remember that head height is a great point to place your camera. I usually prefer 30-40cm in less than head heigh. I tested in many situations 130-140cm from the ground is great!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 &#8211; Distortion C<strong>orrection<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\nThe sky \u00c2\u00a0is a really important element in the exterior compositions. Select the target and move it up to include more sky in your shot. By doing this the distortions wuill be more and more evident, espcially for short focal lenght. Use GUESS VERT to correct distortions. This is fundamental in architectula photography.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 &#8211; Central Perspective<\/strong><br \/>\nI usually define this solution as the &#8220;atomic bomb&#8221; of the composition. I one of the most common technique to take shots but is the best one. It works fine in many, many situations. Central perspective\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0always give a strong impact of your picture. Line of flight must be in center, simmetry is perfect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 &#8211; V-Ray Sun and coordinates<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd V-Ray Sun and accept V-Ray Sky. You can also use SYSTEM &gt; SUNLIGHT if you want to get the correct sun position in the sky. Place &#8220;sunlight&#8221;, choose the\u00c2\u00a0country, hour, month etc.. then got to modify and select V-Ray Sun. You&#8217;ll find the same conrtols of the ordinray V-Ray Sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6 &#8211; V-Ray RT<\/strong><br \/>\nActive V-Ray Real Time to check the light balance in real time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7 &#8211; Playing with Sun<br \/>\n<\/strong>Can you modify the sun in the real world? \u00c2\u00a0So never modify &#8220;multiplier&#8221;, never! Instead we can play with SIZE MULTIPLIER to create soft shadows and TURBIDITY to change the sky colors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 &#8211; Balance Sunset<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you like long shadows in your scene you can place the sun as in the sunset. Too much red in the scene? Balance the colors setting <strong>white balance<\/strong> 3000-4000\u00c2\u00b0K in the V-Ray Physical Camera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9 &#8211; Light Balance analisys<\/strong><br \/>\nNo way: sun light \u00c2\u00a0is flat. There&#8217;s no nuances like in the interiors. Creating a sort of nounces it&#8217;s up to us! Do you have large areas with a flat sun light?\u00c2\u00a0Add trees and project shadows in the scene. Remember, Sun light IS flat! It&#8217;s up to us create somthing to &#8220;break&#8221; this flatness. Using trees is one of the most common trick to do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a010 &#8211; Objects in first plane<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is another important photography composition trick. It&#8217;s called \u00c2\u00a0<strong>entry point <\/strong>and\u00c2\u00a0it must be evident! Place something in first plane to help the watcher to entry in the picture. This will give depht to your picture. This will also give you the chance to create nice DOF effects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ex-icon.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0EXERCISE<\/h2>\n<p>Download the <strong>Minimal-Exterior -\u00c2\u00a0START<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0and follow the 10 steps in order to create a great shot and a nice lighting using V-Ray Real Time. Please, don&#8217;t be a robot!!! This is not a tutorial, this is a lesson becasue I&#8217;m giving you the principles. Please, reflect on the points and think with your mind while using 3ds max and V-Ray.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vraytrainingcenter.it\/ser8675\/min-ext-3d.zip\">Minimal-Exterior &#8211; START<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/min-ext-3d-OBJ.rar\">OBJ Version<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vraytrainingcenter.it\/ser8675\/min-ext-s2ok.zip\">Minimal-Exterior- Lighting Complete<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download and check all the options in &#8220;Minimal-Exterior- Lighting Complete&#8221; max file.<\/p>\n<p>[\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LESSON #25<\/strong>: In this video I&#8217;ll show you some important points about daily exterior: How to create a nice composition and control the light balance. Follow the video-lesson, download the 3d model and complete the exercise for 5SRW certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[24,52,47],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}