V-ray 3ds max lighting for interior scene

Dasha_Canavar

Hi guys!

This is my first technical topic here, and I hope I'm doing it correctly. I'm trying to create an interior like the one in this reference picture, 

 

but I can't seem to get the same lighting. I'm using a V-Ray dome to light the scene evenly and a V-Ray sun for the light on the wall. Generally, it looks okay, but as you can see, the light in the window is way too strong. I have no idea how to make it look like the reference.

I've also noticed that when working with the V-Ray sun, the room is usually very dark while the sun coming from the window is too strong. I didn't have this problem in Blender.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

pxgeek

I don't have much experience in vray or lighting, but to take a stab at it:
Maybe try using a large area light instead of a sun. It might give you that softer lighting that you're looking for.

I think commercial photography rarely use raw, direct sunlight; it's almost always modified with diffusers/scrims, or just staged altogether.

Dasha_Canavar

pxgeek said:

I don't have much experience in vray or lighting, but to take a stab at it:
Maybe try using a large area light instead of a sun. It might give you that softer lighting that you're looking for.

I think commercial photography rarely use raw, direct sunlight; it's almost always modified with diffusers/scrims, or just staged altogether.

Thank you for the advice! I actually didn't think about the commercial photography using artificial lighting, but sounds totally logical.

Klunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8H1CNNFPgc

Dasha_Canavar

Klunk said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8H1CNNFPgc

Thanks for the tutorial, I have seen it before and learned from it. But it does not help to solve my problem..