Starting with environment light first, it is a good practice to spend some time looking for reference images or photos of the lighting. This is one of the effective ways to give the image extra realism.Д«esides that, some of the materials in the scene have Vray DisplacementMod such as the brick side walk and grass.

The point here is to create more highlight for the images at night time. The materials have a lot of reflection and highlights. There is no tweaking in the materials at this point yet until the lighting is done.ДЄll the materials in the scene are optimized by using Vray materials. TexturingДЄll the materials are applied to the model. The scene is also lit by a lot of light coming from the retail stores, restaurants and cars on the street. It is a late afternoon/dusk kind of lighting when there is still light from the sky and a slightly warm color from the sun. At this point, the overall lighting is sketched out. Every element in the entire model is organized into layers. This will be a very busy scene in the evening when there are a great number of highlights and shadows. Unlike interior lighting where you have to spend more time to make sure every detail in the room is lit perfectly, exterior lighting is easier to set up but still challenges the artist. It brings not only the look and feel for the image, but also helps to visualize the design in reality. Lighting is one of the most important parts in 3D visualization rendering.

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