{"id":1848,"date":"2012-08-09T20:31:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T20:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2013-01-15T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T11:01:56","slug":"minimal-exterior-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/09\/minimal-exterior-final.htm","title":{"rendered":"Minimal Exterior &#8211; Final and Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In these lesson I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll talk about Final Render and Post Production<\/strong>:<br \/>\nHow to use Render Elements and how to composite the layers in photoshop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/topics-5srw.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contents for this lesson:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2 HD VIDEO LESSON<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0(42\u00e2\u20ac\u00b2 narrated by a Licensed V-Ray Instructor)<\/li>\n<li>How to use Reflections render element<\/li>\n<li>How to use VRayLightSelect render element<\/li>\n<li>How to use VRayExtraTex for Ambient Occlusion<\/li>\n<li>Affect channel option<\/li>\n<li>Final settings for a clean render<\/li>\n<li>Composite all layers in photoshop<\/li>\n<li>Create a Daily lighting<\/li>\n<li>Create the Golden Light in seconds!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0the minimalexterior-file to start the exercise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0the complete materials-file to check the settings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Download<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0PSD files to check how layers fit togheter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[private Premium|Premium-1year|5trainings]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">* STEP 4+5 | DAILY LIGHT *<\/h2>\n<p>Until now we just rendered 1 single image: the main render (RGB Color render)<br \/>\nActually we can render al lot of &#8220;aspect&#8221; of our image such as reflections, refractions, specific lights etc&#8230; there are 20 different renderable elements! In this video I&#8217;ll show you how to prepare 3 render elements (Reflections, LightSelect, AmbientOcclusion) and how to manage these layers in photoshop to produce a final daily image:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46802627?byline=0&amp;color=ff9933\" height=\"534\" width=\"950\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCEPTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Add VRay Reflection render element<\/li>\n<li>Add VRay Light Select render element then choose the lights to &#8220;extract&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In glass material Use <strong>Affect Channels<\/strong> &gt; &#8220;All Channels&#8221; if you want to get lights behind the glass<\/li>\n<li>Click \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Save all image channels&#8221;<\/strong> to save all the layers in 1 click<\/li>\n<li>Use VRayExtraTex with VRayDirt to procude an Ambient Occlusion pass<\/li>\n<li>If you just want the AO turnoff GI, turn off reflections and maps in order to get it quickly<\/li>\n<li>Hide glasses to get the AO behind them (no other ways are possible for now)<\/li>\n<li>In Photoshop: use LightSelect layer in <strong>Screen<\/strong> mode<\/li>\n<li>Use an exposure layer (with clipping mask) to control the light intensity<\/li>\n<li>Use Reflection layer in <strong>Screen<\/strong> mode<\/li>\n<li>Use AO layer in <strong>Multiply<\/strong> mode<\/li>\n<li>Reduce the opacity for AO and delete the dark corners to avoid fake effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">* STEP 4+5 | GOLDEN LIGHT *<\/h2>\n<p>The Golden Light is the magical moment of the day: \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/golden-light-references.zip\">Download this pack to see some example!<\/a><br \/>\nIn this video I&#8217;ll show you how easy is simulate golden light with V-Ray, and how to create a nice sky replacement with a touch of green.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46803735?byline=0&amp;color=ff9933\" height=\"534\" width=\"950\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCEPTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VRayProxy is a way to externalize &#8220;heavy&#8221; 3d models and save memory<\/li>\n<li>This allow to avois crashes and render milions of poligons<\/li>\n<li>To create a Proxy: select the 3d model &gt; right button &gt; <strong>V-Ray Mesh Export<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Flag &#8220;<strong>Automatically create proxies<\/strong>&#8221; option<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faces in preview<\/strong> affect the details just for preview, not for render!<\/li>\n<li>The Golden Light used a cult photography. We need the sun near the horizon<\/li>\n<li>Put the V-Ray Sun at 1,5 meters from the ground (more or less)<\/li>\n<li>Put the\u00c2\u00a0V-Ray Sun almost behind the camera &#8211; <strong>This is a rare exception!!!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tune the exposure controlling <strong>shutter speed<\/strong> value<\/li>\n<li>Use the tree to projecting beautiful shadows on the walls, this a must with golden light \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>Save the image twice: PGN file (without the sky) \u00c2\u00a0+ JPG (wuith VRay Sky)<\/li>\n<li>Use the image with sky as reference to find a good color for the new sky<\/li>\n<li>Use Curves and Hue Saturation to get closer the &#8220;original&#8221; sky. Do not be perfectionist.<\/li>\n<li>Use Green channel in Curves to give a liiiiittle green dominant to the sky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ex-icon\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ex-icon.gif\" width=\"57\" height=\"56\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0Exercise<\/h2>\n<p><strong>You have to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>add render elements<\/li>\n<li>prepare the scene for the final render<\/li>\n<li>Save the layers and composite in photoshop<\/li>\n<li>Create Daily Light<\/li>\n<li>Create Golden Light<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the following link there&#8217;s a scene complete with lighting, texture and all materials.<br \/>\nDownload it and carry out the exercise as indicate above.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/me-step4-start.zip\">MINIMAL EXTERIOR COMPLETE | Carry out!!!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/me-all-textures.zip\">All the textures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For any doubt consider to check the solutions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/me-daylight.zip\">Daily Light &#8211; Max File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/me-golden.zip\">Golden Light &#8211; Max File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/final-daily-psd.zip\">Daily Light &#8211; PSD file<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnvray.com\/files\/minimext\/final-golden-psd.zip\">Golden Light &#8211; PSD file<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LESSON #27<\/strong>: In this lesson I&#8217;ll show you how to setup and how to use some Render Elements such Reflections, LightSelect and Ambient Occlusion. And to complete the training I&#8217;ll show you how to get the &#8220;golden light&#8221; in few seconds.<\/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":[24,50,51],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848"}],"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=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cg-blog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}