Have you ever had trouble
rendering a space without windows? Today, I will show you how
to go from this… to.. this. So here is the situation - we
have no windows in this bathroom. It’s quite easy to do an interior render if
you have windows, you add environmental light everything looks well from the beginning. Unfortunately, it’s not the case today. First of all, we need to keep the lighting
balance so we have to add different sorts of lighting. The idea is to create
the layering effect. Let me show you… We’ll start by adding the main source of
light in this bathroom, the downlights. We’ll choose Corona Light
for this, rectangle shape. Adjust the height. There are four sources of ceiling lights in this
project so let’s copy it around as an instance. We can use Light selection to make coping easier. Let’s add the LightSelect
to add it to the light mix. Let’s call it Downlights. Add the lights. Start Interactive Rendering. There is some noise. Let’s
use the region rendering to test if it disappears when rendering longer. Yeap, we don’t have to worry about it. The lighting is definitely not strong
enough, let’s increase the value. 1.5 is perfect. The next lights we will add are the
LED around the suspended ceiling. These sorts of lights add mood to
the space and highlight the design. We can set the width to 3cm. And center this, it should be in this hole
between the wardrobe and the suspended ceiling. And now, let’s create another one, also 3 cm. Add both lights to the new light layer. We can call it LED. Start interactive rendering
so we can adjust the lights. Of course, we need to move the light up. It is too strong, let’s reduce the intensity. Ok, 0.75 works nicely. And let’s adjust the color now. The trick is that if you want
to create outstanding images, you should not only use different intensities of
lights but also use cold and warm colors of them. Thanks to this you will create an interesting
contrast and shape the space better. Ok, we have another LED light above the
mirror. Let’s use the rectangle light again. Adjust the height. Add the light to the new layer. We can name it MIRROR. Let’s see the preview. We can copy the color of the
lights from the LED layer. Hmm... I will make it more intense. Yeap, better! It shouldn’t be too strong to maintain harmony. I think we can try to add a bit
of blue color to these lights. This blue should not be too strong though
as we want to keep the natural effect. I’ve already told you many times that
blue and orange are a great combination! Awesome, the bathroom has shape and it
actually works great without windows! But that’s not everything, we
need to add a pendant light. You can see that this model
has Corona Light added so we can add the model to the new layer straight away. Let’s call it a pendant lamp. And start interactive rendering. Let’s increase the intensity. You can notice that we cannot see light
here. It’s probably on the Rest layer. It happens sometimes. Anyway, I think we need the
light to be even stronger. Let me show you the lights one by one. Awesome, it really works. Isn’t it? We can change the pendant light
to something warmer though. Let’s copy the color. But I’ll make it less intense. Perfect! We’ll add the first reflection to the toilet
and the second to the cosmetics on the basin. Let’s create a rectangle light
above the glass jar first. Don’t forget to uncheck the options to
make the light invisible in the camera. Change the option to include. And add the objects. Ok, now copy the light and
move it toward the toilet. To get the best result we need to rotate
it to lighten up the edge of the toilet. I’ll move it down as well
to create a sharp effect. Great, now remove the objects
from the list and add the toilet. Add the lights to the new layer. We can name it REFLECTIONS. Start interactive rendering. Btw, if you want to learn how to design
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corner and in the description below. Let’s use the region to make rendering faster. Well, it’s too strong for
sure. Let’s reduce the value. It should give us a delicate
effect, it shouldn’t be too strong. And it should be less warm as
well, let’s adjust the color. Great, look how much it helps!
It makes the object way more 3D! Let’s assume that we have a camera from
a different side. Even though we have the lights set up the same way as in the previous
image, it doesn’t look good in this example. Let me tell you what is the biggest issue here… You can notice that our downlights made the wall look quite flat and this
is definitely not the look we want to go. So let’s turn it off. Instead, we can hide the doors as they will
not be visible in the camera or reflections. Next, let’s add environmental light. And let’s start interactive rendering. Let’s turn off all other lights. This light looks way better and
it makes the wall look more 3d. However, it is not strong enough.
Let’s increase the intensity. Ok, I’ll make it blue. The same reason as before. Now, let’s turn on other lights
and let’s make some adjustments. LED light is too strong in this
case, I’ll reduce the strength. We can increase the mirror light though. 0.7 looks nice. Now, the pendant lamp should be stronger as well. I like the effect it adds on the wall. 10 is perfect. I will make the reflection bluer as
it imitates the environmental light. And a bit less strong as well. Another great trick you can
use is to add extra lights to expose some features, it’s a
common technique used in photography. As the wall is an important part of the design, I’d like to highlight that it is
not plain and one-dimensional. I’ll add extra light. I’ll position it somewhere around the doors. Let’s rotate it toward the direction of the wall. Adjust the height. Change the option to Include
and add the wall to the list. Great, add the light to the new light layer. We can call it REFLECTION 2. Let’s preview the effect. Ok, you can notice that the tiles are
way more 3D and this was our goal. Let’s copy the blue color
and adjust the intensity. We want it to look natural
so it cannot be too strong. Awesome, perfect output! Now, you can see that we have a big
black spot in the mirror reflection. We can add extra light to it to
imitate the reflections from the door. Copy the light. Rotate and adjust the position. I’ll make it higher. Delete the wall from the list
and add the wardrobe instead. Now, start interactive rendering,
and let’s see the results. Cool, it looks way more interesting but
we need to adjust the dimensions a bit. Ok, better. The light is too strong
though. Let’s reduce the intensity. I will adjust the position a bit
to create a nicer reflection. Awesome! To learn more about interior designing,
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