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V-RAY PHYSICAL CAMERA
LIGHT BALANCE
V-RAY LIGHT
V-Ray Light and options
How to use an HDRI?
Create global lighting with HDRI
How to use VRay IES as primary light
V-Ray IES and V-Ray Light Materials
Light balance and Light reflections
Use a VRayLight to create nice reflections
Combine VRay Sun + VRay Light + Spot lights
Use VRay Dome and Plane
How VRayLight Materials works
VRay and standard spot lights
Lights underwater
Use VRayLight as Portal for photorealism
VRayLight and directional feature
Create IBL: Image-based Lighting
VrayLight Dome combined with HDRI
Use a VRayLight as Butterfly bank light
Black flags usage
EXPOSURE
Control overexposure
Use V-Ray Frame buffer to correct the exposure
Technique for control overexposures
Why use exponential color mapping + VFB
What is the Color Mapping and what is it useful for
Linear color mapping
Exponential color mapping
The secret of Reinhard color mapping
Tips to compesate exposure
White balance for sunset
HSV Exponential Color mapping
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V-RAY MATERIALS
V-RAY SETTINGS
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POST PRODUCTION
Use V-Ray passes in Post Production
How to use Reflections render element
How to use VRayLightSelect render element
How to use VRayExtraTex for Ambient Occlusion
White balance with 1 point-curves
Create professional vintage effect
Create different vintage effects
Cutout filter for perfect bump effect
How to use V-Ray Lens Effect
How to correct images with levels/curve in VFB
Postproduction technique for overexposures
How to use it for Ambien Occlusion pass
Manage the sharpness with unsharpmask
Contrast textures with Photoshop
Manage final render and background
Light&Shade technique
Add flares and anharmonic flares
Control the details with Unsharp Mask-1px
Grass replacement
How to make a bonfire
Get alpha channel with V-Ray Dome
How to choose the right background
FAD technique (to extract hidden details);
PROGLOW technique
Best VIGNETTING technique
How to use render elements
VRay Reflections
VRay Raw Reflections
VRay Wire Color
PROBLEMS&SOLUTION
The amazing RayFire plugin for falling objects
Learn how to fix black splotches
How to use Hair and Fur modifier
Comb your carpet with guides
Fix overlapped faces
How to avoid splotches
Fix Light Cache imperfections
What are dominant colors?
No HDRI to achieve great result
Useful shortcuts for photoshop
Quick proxy objects
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