Archilime Academy Courses

Creating rendered CGIs has grown to be a valuable skill in any design practice which can significantly enhance your professional communication and presentation whilst using V-Ray for SketchUp Pro.

From 2D plans and elevations to 3D objects and interiors; you’ll soon be able to tap into its potential as we introduce you to its tools, setting up a scene, using and building basic materials and textures, rendering optimisation and organisational concepts.

By the end of the two-day course, you will have the tools to present complex, furnished, detailed and lit CGIs.

Syllabus

Textures

• V-Ray User Interface | Welcome to V-Ray. Here we go over the user interface and how to get started.
• Fundamentals of Virtual Textures | Understanding what Virtual textures are broken down into, and how we create our own or edit preset textures.
• Realism & Application | Creating realistic textures is the first challenge, applying them to our model is just as important…

Lighting

• Light Sources | Exploring the different lighting tools that V-Ray has to offer
• Adding Lights to a Scene | Bringing lights into our models and manipulating them
• Three-Point Lighting |.A true, artistic lighting masterclass using the photographic approach.

Rendering

• Render Engine | What types of renders can we create?
• V-Ray Camera |.Using V-Ray like a camera
• Final Product & Scene Composition | Preparing for final export using professional composing techniques and settings.