Interior Renders with SketchUp and V-Ray Next
Natural Lighting with a HDRI Map
A course by Giancarlo Pava Durand , Architect Specializing in Architectural Visualization
Joined September 2020
About the video: Natural Lighting with a HDRI Map
Overview
“In this lesson, we will naturally illuminate our scene using HDRI maps. This type of lighting can give scenes even more realism. ”
In this video lesson Giancarlo Pava Durand addresses the topic: Natural Lighting with a HDRI Map, which is part of the Domestika online course: Interior Renders with SketchUp and V-Ray Next. Learn to work with lighting and materials to create impressive renders of architectural projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Natural lighting with HDRI map Now I'll show you how to calibrate natural lighting with HDRI maps. Now we'll talk about what brings us to this lesson: HDRI lighting. What is an HDRI? HDRIs are 360 images with light information and they will be linked to a Dome Light, which is one of the V-Ray lighting options, that is, it will replace the sun or the V-Ray SunLight. We are on the page hdrihaven.com, which has free download options for HDRIs. We have different HDRI options with different types of lighting, be it day, night or sunset. We can choose the one we like, since they are free. Here I ...”
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Course summary for: Interior Renders with SketchUp and V-Ray Next
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Category
Architecture & Spaces -
Software
Camera Raw, SketchUp, V-Ray -
Areas
Architecture, ArchVIZ, Digital Architecture, Interior Architecture

Giancarlo Pava Durand
A course by Giancarlo Pava Durand
Giancarlo Pava studied architecture at the Applied Sciences University of Peru and specialized in ArchViz. He works with architecture, real-estate, and construction studios and helps them make important decisions on their projects using his impressive renders.
His goal is to create the most realistic images possible using digital tools, which allows him to combine his architectural visualization projects with one of his greatest passions: photography.
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