Course Overview

Studio-grade V-Ray training inside 3ds Max for architectural visualisers, interior designers, and motion artists. Learn physically based lighting, material authoring, render optimisation, and multi-pass compositing to produce portfolio-ready stills and walkthroughs.

Project Modules—What You Will Build

·        Concept Lighting and Look Development: Rapid interior/exterior lighting studies, HDRI matching, and look palettes for mood tests

·        Material Authoring and Texture Workflows: Flooring, walls, panels, and textures

·        Production Render Setup and Optimisation: V-Ray settings for progressive and bucket render modes, proxy workflows, memory profiling, and AOV configuration for clean comps

·        Animation and Walkthrough Rendering: Camera animation setup, motion blur/exposure control, render caching, and frame sequence export strategies

Key Features

·        Project-Based Curriculum from lookdev to final composite

·        V-Ray Scene Templates and optimized preset libraries for 3ds Max

·        PBR Material Authoring and Substance/texture integration

·        Proxy and Instance Workflows for large scenes and furniture libraries

·        Render Farm Best Practices and batch rendering techniques

·        Weekly Live Critiques and optional one-on-one mentorship sessions

·        Downloadable Scene Files, HDRI Packs, Material Libraries, and comp templates

·        Lifetime Access to recordings and assets

Who This Course Is For

·        Architectural and interior visualisers producing client deliveries

·        3D artists and motion designers for renders and animations

·        Freelancers standardising asset libraries and render pass workflows

·        Students aiming for production skills that translate to studio roles

·        Studio leads wanting consistent, optimised render outputs from their teams

Learning Outcomes

·        Set up production-grade V-Ray scenes in 3ds Max for interiors, exteriors, and animations

·        Prepare render batches for local or farm rendering and composite passes into final images or sequences

·        Deliver portfolio-ready stills and walkthroughs with repeatable quality

Format & Schedule

·        Delivery: 100% live online with real-time demos, Q&A, and files for practice

·        Options: Small Group Cohort OR 1-on-1 Private Training

·        1-on-1: Flexible scheduling for focused project work and accelerated outcomes

Capstone Project

·        Final Deliverable: A production render package—cleaned model, PBR materials, optimised V-Ray scene, final image, or 10–30s walkthrough video ready for your portfolio

·        Mentored Review: Live critique covering lighting, materials, render optimisation, and compositing; premium students receive an extended one-on-one feedback session

·        Outcome: Publishable portfolio asset and downloadable scene/export files