Getting Ready to Render with V-Ray

• Installing V-Ray
• Setting up V-Ray
• Locating V-Ray’s tools and features
• V-Ray’s image-saving options

Critical V-Ray Concepts

• Image sampling explained
• Understanding subdivs
• Using the DMC Sampler
• Overview of color mapping
• Understanding the color-mapping modes

Key Lighting Tools

• Introduction to lighting in V-Ray
• Dealing with lighting problems
• Adding a spherical fill light
• Creating a mesh light
• Creating a skylight effect
• Working with the dome light

Global Illumination

• Global illumination (GI) explained
• Understanding primary and secondary bounces
• How irradiance mapping works
• Using irradiance mapping, part 1
• Using irradiance mapping, part 2
• How light cache works
• Using light cache
• Understanding brute force GI
• Using brute force GI

The V-Ray Materials

• Introduction to V-Ray-specific materials
• Creating a diffuse color
• Making reflective materials
• Blurring reflections
• Making clear and colored glass
• Creating a translucency effect

Quality Control with Image Sampling

• Introduction to image sampling
• Using the Fixed-Rate sampler
• How to use the Adaptive DMC sampler
• Working with the Adaptive Subdivision sampler
• Comparing image-sampling renders

The Physical Workflow

• The physical workflow explained
• Working with V-Ray Sun and V-Ray Sky
• Controlling the V-Ray Physical Camera

V-Ray’s Effects Tools

• Depth of field: V-Ray Physical Camera
• Depth of field: using a perspective viewport
• Creating a motion blur effect
• Generating caustic effects
• Using V-Ray Fur plugin
• Stereoscopic 3D rendering

Using Render Elements

• Render elements workflow
• Preparing to composite
• Compositing V-Ray elements
• Putting extra elements to work
• Post-lighting a scene

V-Ray RT

• Overview of V-Ray RT
• Demonstrating the RT workflow
• Conclusion