Interior set up - render advice needed

[Arnold Grove]

Hi again folks,

 

I have an interior question; I've noticed a lot of interior scenes posted here and elsewhere..have openings, i.e. glass, doors, etc, to let in light. I'm looking for any tutorials that deal wit a totally closed room. Any info?

 

My interior project has no openings. Its a totally sealed room with 4 750 watt lights hanging. (should I use ies lights?) also,,,in an interior like this...should I use ambient lights for fill?

 

I'm on my second go through with the Christopher Nichols videos (awesome!) I have to see something a few times for it to click....anyway....are the techniques very different than a scene with openings? Photorealism is paramount here.

 

I'm trying to pick apart the evermotion volume I bought to study the settings but its slow going, and no enclosed interiors.

 

Another question....could I use a Vray sun or skylight,,,and just hide the ceiling and take renders like that? (except renders where the ceiling needs to be visible of course)

 

any thoughts would be much appreciated, thanks, arnold

[Sawyer]

If you want realsim you have 2 choices: Use real lights or real lights with a "flash". You can use fill light most (all) professional architectural photographers use many different forms of fill light for interior work. I would just let the client know what you have done. You could remove the ceiling from casting shadows that is possible but pretty far from realism.

 

I would use photometric lights and see how it looks. Then I would decide if the lighting was adequate or needed fill. By doing this I would be working in a meaniful fashion from a set base (real world lights) as opposed to just filling the room.

[Nic H]

Hey there for interior scenes with no external light sources I usually use a combination of IES lights or standard spots where real light fittings would be and then use a vray lights as fill lights to add extra ambient light.

 

Usually its one vray light just below the ceiling that covers most of the floor area but make sure you bring it in from the walls so there are no bright flares on the wall surface. I normally give it a warmish yellow tint with a low multiplier.