Furniture store

[oligophant]

A job done with fast changes, last minute deadlines and etc. I can probably render them again but for now its what i have.

Max 2011x64, Vray 3.00.05 (nightly), PS CS6 (flare, contrast and sharp).

AA 1-75; 0.01 clr threshold,LWF,IRRA (no DE)+ LC ,max ray intens on 20 ,Embree on,mat subs 150, light subdivs 150, hdri on vraylight dome + ies + vraylight planes for each camera ,Vrayclipper,Multiscatter,
Custom beds,pillows,etc, modeled with MD
Resolution size 2400px , 30 min aprox. each view.

Errors:
-For some reason i got warning errors with bercon noise perlin 3D, but when i changed to simplex3D it fixed.
- When using bercon tiles and render with DR, my main pc doesn't render the textures, other pcs render fine, i have to reset (not close 3dmax) and open again the file and then render fine.

[snivlem]

Very nice, how did you approach the lighting in this scene? It looks very clean and detailed yet "ambient" like.

[oligophant]

Hi snivlem, First i place a vraydomelight with an hdri and expose my camera to that lighting, next i put ies on every spot light and move the target aiming the furniture and accesories, then i added several plane lights (600x600mm) to ligth the space near the camera, one by one, on and off and changing the intensity, once i was happy with the result i moved to light the next space, adding and hidding lights with the geometry on the scene (behind a column, sofa, etc). The key for me its to mentally divide spaces and light them one by one and make a "way" from foreground to background. Finally when i spoted an underexpose place i put a little vrayplanelight (50x50mm). Lights are set invisible to camera. Its a very tedious workflow but i have more control over the illumination and it let me avoid overexpose areas, also it only works for that camera position. Using layers are a must because i use multiple cameras and so multiple lights set up. I hope it helps you.

[snivlem]

Cool - thanks for sharing your workflow like that.

It may be tedious but your results are worth it! It is very clean and uniform lighting much like how a real world store would approach it.

[pixela]

Nice work huge interior wıth many objects!

[vlado]

Do you know how many lights are in that scene, in total?

Best regards,
Vlado

[oligophant]

@Pixela, thanks. Nice to see you around.

@Vlado, 366 lights in total.