V-Ray Next: Unreal Engine Rendering

Explore the rendering workflow in V-Ray Next for Unreal, the game-changing render engine offering offline and real-time photographic rendering.

Introduction

• Creating renders using V-Ray in Unreal
• Software versions used in this course
• The 3ds Max project structure
• Gamma and units setup

1. V-Ray to Unreal: The Basic Workflow

• Checking out the 3ds Max scene that we will be using
• Handling UVs correctly
• Exporting the VR scene
• Unreal project setup
• V-Ray in the Unreal UI
• Workflow choices
• Working with our camera settings
• Checking the imported materials, part 1
• Checking the imported materials, part 2
• Rendering what we have

2. Lighting with V-Ray

• An introduction to lighting with V-Ray
• The sun and sky blueprint, part 1
• The sun and sky blueprint, part 2
• The light dome blueprint, part 1
• The light dome blueprint, part 2
• The light rectangle blueprint
• Light behavior basics
• Working with the GI engines

3. Working with Materials

• Material choices when using V-Ray in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4)
• The V-Ray material instance asset
• The VRayMtl
• The VRayCarPaintMtl
• The V-Ray physically based rendering (PBR) Mtl
• Creating basic materials
• Using external materials

4. Quality Control Using the Settings Window

• Image sampling explained
• Using the common settings
• V-Ray performance settings

5. Working with Render Elements

• Render elements explained
• Pipeline decisions
• Render elements workflow
• Rendering the desired elements
• Compositing the elements in After Effects

6. V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB)

• UI overview
• The color correction controls
• Using the history tool
• Interactive lens FX

7. Light Baking and Real Time Rendering with V-Ray

• Getting ready for light baking
• Creating our first light bake
• Tweaking bake quality
• Finishing touches

Conclusion

• Next steps