Overview
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Learn strategies for generating impressive and realistic architectural 3D renderings. Discover techniques for pre-render detailing, lighting, post-render compositing, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Taking your render to the next level
- Pre-render vs. post-render detailing
- Stills vs. animation challenges
- The importance of composition
- Using the exercise files
- Tell a story with your scene and composition
- Important details to remember
- Asymmetry and imperfections
- Importance of beveling
- Good topology
- Make the scene lived-in
- Asymmetry and imperfections
- Add hints of life to the scene
- Give the impression of more elements
- Understanding the 3ds Max cloth engine
- Creating a pillow using cloth tools
- Sculpting details to add imperfections
- Adding depth with displacement
- Color palette
- Proper color setting and color accuracy
- Understanding maps
- Use of complex shaders
- Final notes on materials
- Correct light temperatures
- Using light to guide the eye
- The importance of shadows
- Render passes and elements
- Post-production methods
- Understanding the setup
- Camera Raw filter
- Adding light effects
- Add grain and noise
- Depth of field
- Chromatic aberration
- Next steps
