Hi everyone,
I'm a noob to this kind of rendering, but have many years of experience lighting exterior automotive scenes. I've been asked to render an interior of a small arena (more like a huge event tent). There are no windows in it, so it's all enclosed. The other catch is that the tent and most of the objects inside it are different kinds of black materials, such as matte black, gloss black and some carpeting. So I am already into the project but was curious how some of you might approach it? I have a Vray sun in there with its map. I have hidden the roof and have 4 vray plane lights and a dome light with a vray softbox map in it. I originally had a few spots and direct lights but the client said it was too "harsh" and wanted it much brighter. It is a fine line though between my blacks looking more like grey if I make it too bright. I feel it's overkill and I have too many lights. I'm used to lighting with 1 hdr!
Anyway, I had no idea the best way to approach this and thought it would be interesting to hear some thoughts. I really need to learn this stuff!
Thanks!