My Works-WIP-

showmak

Great works...

Crazy Eyes

Hi Stefanq,

I've always admired your V-ray talent. You seem to have quite a grasp on it's usage. I was wondering if you render your models as complete rooms using an internal shot, or just set what you want up in a studio.

I am trying to render some interior shots, but they just aren't working well at the moment. Do you have some sample visopt's I could try?

stefanq

Thanks showmak!
Lyall, thank you for your kind words! Yes, I build the walls as well.A friend of mine, learn 3ds max and vray some time ago, and I watch with him some tutorials made by Christopher Nichols for gnomon workshop. This guy is a great artist, and his "love" in CG is global illumination. He said that, light in CG should be exactly like in real world. So, you need a sun, skylight from the windows, and other lights from the home appliances.
This is the "golden way", but I don't follow it exactly.I have rendered some interiors with studio setup settings, but you have to remove walls and the ceiling, and keep only what you will se in the render window. It has a great feel of depth, but not so great reflections.
Usually I use a combination of Mado settings and mine, but recently I used Teofas's visopt. witch seams to give me what I want( white walls). He find a great use of color mapping with some low burning values, witch don't allow to much color bleeding.
So, try to use Teofas visopt (I will upload for you some visopts, other that the ones you have already in vray). Make windows, and make the the sun to enter in your interior throw the windows via sketchup, then go in the vray options and uncheck the sun, push update button, then choose again default, push again update button( because if you not, you will get his shadows). Some times, I remove one wall behind the camera, but only for rotate and pan, and that's why, I usually make some other spaces near my room, and a bigger ceiling, because I don't want shadows and light from there. That should be enough, but sometimes, you need rectangular lights in windows, if not enough light it's coming from outside.
That should give you an idea about my work-flow. If you have other questions, don't be shy to ask
This is the link for visopts:
http://rapidshare.com/files/268307546/render_settings.rar.html
Good luck!

Crazy Eyes

Thanks Stefanq, I'll give them a try.
Thanks also for the work-flow info, should be a great help.

UPDATE
I tried your one named FAVORITE. It makes a really nice job on the internals. Though I'm having issues with the power draw on my rendering laptop, and it keeps turning itself off. I think I might have to install the software on one off the others instead.

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harnstein

hi all!

nice works, stefanq.. think i should go cooking- somehow...

could you please re-upload your visopts, the download limits seems reached and i'd like to give it a try, too

thanks & greets

h.

stefanq

Thanks!
The new link: http://rapidshare.com/files/284045855/render_settings.rar.html

nomeradona

i am glad you are now putting yur works together. i feel that this is much better. ecause even me, sometimes i want to look at my old post then cant find them. inspite of doing some search..

stefanq

Yes, it's better.
By the way, I'm still putting my renders on your "put your simple render here".

stefanq

Quick proposal

leehanrahan

nice renders, can you share the settings again as the link is broken again, as i am struggling to get the same quality as you.

troyhome

I would love the settings too- i know that they alone won't make me as good with vray- but they couldn't hurt!
i love the quick proposal image- so subtle and yet crisp

stefanq

Thanks guys! The link it's not broken, it's just a download limit. I just uploaded again the settings, and I sent to each of you the new link. Check your PM. For interiors I recommend teofas visopt, just be sure to update the sun, to get right your sun position.
Regards
Stefan