Free V-Ray for Sketchup Training Course

Trimble has created a free in-depth training course for V-Ray for Sketchup with a total of 26 lessons. It teaches you the best way to set up your model (a modern cabin exterior), and the proper settings in V-Ray to get amazing results.

V-Ray for Sketchup Course

Create beautiful renderings with simplified settings

V-Ray is a powerful rendering engine that connects directly to your SketchUp model. Learn the best way to set up your model, and then the right settings in V-Ray for amazing render results.

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Course Curriculum

• Downloads
  • V-Ray for SketchUp: Exercise Files
• Introduction and Quick Start
  • 1. Quick Introduction
  • 2. Introduction_Cont
• Exterior Cabin Workflow
  • 1. Cabin: Getting Started and Model Overview
  • 2. Camera: Scene Setup
  • 3. Initial Test Render
• Materials
  • 1. Adding Ground Plane
  • 2. Applying V-Ray Materials
  • 3. Adding Material Maps & Layers
• Environmental Lighting
  • 1. Materials Override
  • 2. Dome Light and HDRI
  • 3. Artificial Supplemental Lighting
  • 4. Volumetric Environment (Fog)
• Geometries
  • 1. V-Ray Fur (Grass)
  • 2. Proxy Objects: (High Poly-Assets)
• Output
  • 1. Finishing Touches
  • 2. Final Render & Export
• From Day to Dusk
  • 1. Dusk: Environmental Lighting
  • 2. Dusk: Artificial Lighting
  • 3. Dusk: Final Render
• V-Ray 5: Update & New Features
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Cosmos
  • 3. LightGen
  • 4. Frame Buffer Improvements
  • 5. Vision Real Time Rendering
  • 6. Vision Animation

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