Furniture & Product Rendering Course | Vray for SketchUp
In this course, you'll learn how to create perfect studio environments that enhance your designs using HDRI and dome lighting to achieve various moods and settings. You'll explore the art of applying and customizing V-Ray materials, such as leather, wood, and fabric, to bring an ultra-realistic touch to your renders.
- 2+ hours of premium content
- 5 step-by-step video lessons
- Future updates included
About this course
The course also dives into camera techniques, helping you master depth of field, focal length, and perspective to create compelling compositions that capture the essence of your designs. Understanding the importance of optimization, the course will teach you how to fine-tune V-Ray's rendering settings to balance quality and render time efficiently.
This specialized furniture and product rendering course develops your expertise in creating studio-quality product presentations that rival commercial photography. Through detailed exploration of V-Ray's advanced lighting and material systems, you'll master both studio and contextual rendering approaches for maximum presentation versatility.
The curriculum emphasizes material authenticity for furniture and product design, teaching you to create convincing textures for complex surfaces including leather, fabric weaves, wood grains, and metal finishes. Through hands-on practice with professional lighting setups, you'll learn to enhance product features while maintaining realistic material representation.
Advanced techniques include studio environment creation, HDRI lighting integration, and camera optimization for product photography principles. The course covers both detailed close-up rendering and wide-angle contextual shots, giving you flexibility across different marketing and presentation requirements.
These specialized skills position you to compete in the furniture design and product visualization markets where exceptional image quality directly impacts commercial success. The techniques learned apply to product catalogs, marketing materials, and design presentations where compelling product imagery can determine market acceptance.
What will you learn?
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This course will turn you into:
A studio rendering specialist
Master professional studio lighting techniques using HDRI environments and advanced V-Ray lighting systems. Learn to create compelling product presentations that rival commercial photography and elevate furniture design presentations to professional standards.
A material authenticity expert
Develop expertise in creating photorealistic materials for furniture and products. From complex fabric weaves to polished wood grains and premium leather textures, you'll understand how to achieve material authenticity that convinces clients and showcases design intent.
A versatile presentation strategist
Learn both studio and contextual rendering approaches for maximum presentation flexibility. Master the art of product staging, composition, and camera techniques that tell compelling design stories across multiple presentation formats.
Syllabus
You'll learn about the two primary approaches: rendering in a studio setting, which emphasizes intricate details, and rendering in a contextual environment, showcasing furniture in real-world scenarios. The lesson also highlights the importance of using precedents and mood boards, with tools like PureRef to refine your design vision.
You'll begin by refining a provided furniture model, emphasizing accuracy and realism through techniques like bevelling edges and creating detailed components. This lesson also introduces essential plugins like "Round Corners" to enhance the realism of your models. As you prepare for the rendering phase, you'll set up a studio backdrop.
Starting with basic render settings, you'll set up a dome light and utilize an HDRI for realistic lighting effects. You'll also learn how to fine-tune lighting by adjusting exposure and adding an additional area light for contrast. The lesson delves into material creation, covering techniques like using roughness and bump maps.
Here, we focus on achieving a cool-toned studio shot, adjusting HDRI settings, lighting, and depth of field for realism. You'll learn to apply leather textures using Cosmos and fix UV mapping issues. The lesson covers de-noising to reduce graininess and explores key V-Ray render settings for higher quality.
In the final lesson, we focus on designing a realistic living space to showcase your product in context. We set up a simple floor, walls, and lighting, experimenting with HDRI and sunlight for natural effects. The lesson emphasizes the importance of staging with elements like sofas, plants, and decor to create a compelling scene.
Meet your instructor
Adam Morgan
Architectural Director
ThreeForm Architects
Hi, I'm Adam. I am the founder and director of ThreeForm Architects, a team of architects and artists in Liverpool, UK. The office is experienced in a wide range of building types and procurement routes, successfully winning projects with contract values of up to £20 million. We work for a broad spectrum of public and private sector clients across the country.
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