In this series of lessons we will explore the various techniques and some helpful tips for setting up realistic lighting for an interior scene using V-Ray for Maya.

The ability to set up realistic lighting for an interior environment is a skill that is highly sought after in the CG industry. Problems to overcome, arise with every digital set. So we will be covering a lot of very common issues that you will want to be aware of such as using V-Ray lights to create physically-accurate light behavior, achieving realistic light bouncing in our scene, optimizing our render speed, using V-Ray materials to simulate a variety of surface types, using an external image-editing application to add some finishing touches to our renders, as well as many other tips, tricks, and techniques that will help you become a stronger, more effective rendering artist in V-Ray.

1. Introduction and project overview

2. Establishing proper scene scale when rendering

3. Setting up the primary light source for our scene

4. Adding secondary illumination sources to our scene

5. Finishing the rough lighting of our scene

6. Adding V-Ray materials to the floor and ceiling

7. Refining the V-Ray floor material for our room

8. Applying V-Ray materials to the chair in our scene

9. Creating materials and textures for the pillows

10. Adding materials to the rug and artwork in our room

11. Adding materials to the table in our room

12. Creating materials for the oranges in our room

13. Rendering Maya Smooth Mesh objects in V-Ray

14. Adding translucency to the curtains

15. Making final quality adjustments to our render

16. Using Photoshop to add final touches to our render