Autodesk 3ds Max Lighting And Rendering Short Course

Architectural visualisation, product visuals, photorealism, stylistic or NPR (non photorealistic rendering) for still images and animated sequences.

Clients want to know what something will look like before spending money on commissioning interior designers and architects to make it. Equally, a designer or animator maybe asked to output a 3D animation in a particular aesthetic / graphic style.

3ds Max, the industry standard 3d software, allows interior designers, architectural visualisers and designers to achieve a photorealistic visualisation of interior and exterior environments, products or graphic animation.

Taught through a series of demonstrations and exercises, this practical course will teach you the core aspects of lighting and rendering to create architectural environments, interiors, and spaces in non photorealistic rendering.

Using a production standard rendering system you will learn how to globally illuminate and render these scenes to a high level of realism or graphic style while giving you an in depth knowledge of the relationship between 3D materials, lighting and rendering.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Understand and use the different types of Lighting and Rendering systems available in the software
• Understand the requirements of developing a photorealistic visualisation of architectural environments, interiors and spaces
• Use a high end production standard rendering engine to globally illuminate spaces
• Render environments to a high level of realism
• Produce stylised graphic animation
• Output images for print and animation

This course is taught on Mental Ray

Who Should Attend

Interior designers, architectural visualisers and the interested amateur with an understanding of 3ds Max and those looking to take their renders to the next level of realism.

Level

Intermediate: You should be able to demonstrate you have prior knowledge of 3ds Max or a different 3D digital software

Clear, Easy to Understand Lessons: 

• Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean. 
• New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that’s crystal clear and easy to understand. 

Experience Life on Campus 

• Network and share ideas with students from across the globe 
• Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline 
• Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need 
• Ask questions of your tutor in real time 
• Receive feedback and critique on your assignments 
• Experience the many sights of London on your down time 

A Certificate of Completion: 

• You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it! 
• As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance. 
• We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience! 
• Certificates are great to complement your cv. 

This course is scheduled to run on campus in a face-to-face delivery format. Please note that due to the ongoing pandemic situation this course may be adapted in line with UK government guidance or other operational requirements.

This may include changing course location (to another UAL site), cancellation of the course, or moving part or all of the course online. In the event of any changes being required we will inform you as soon as possible and support you in any changes required. Please bear this in mind when making any travel, visa, or accommodation arrangements. 

Details

Topics Covered

• Advanced lighting and rendering
• Environments, interiors, spaces and products for animation and still image
• Photorealistic visualisation
• Rendering to layers for composting
• Global illumination
• Non Photorealistic Rendering – graphic or stylised output
• Still image and Animated output
• Importing designs from other software