Rendering Engines for Product and Industrial Visualization

3h 51mBeginner2019-01-25

Authors

Zaheer Mukhtar

3D Graphics Designer, Visual Effects Artist, Film Director

Course details

Choose the best rendering engine for your product and industrial visualization jobs. This course is focused on introducing and comparing the most popular rendering engines—Unreal, Unity, V-Ray, Arnold, and Redshift—and quick renderers such as KeyShot and Marmoset Toolbag. Instructor Zaheer Mukhtar explains the difference between real-time and offline renderers, and the advantages and ideal uses of each rendering engine. Discover how to leverage each application's unique tools and workflow for lighting, texturing with materials, camera animation, and post-processing effects. Plus, learn why you might use KeyShot and Marmoset Toolbag for quick clean renders, such as previewing your project or presenting a low-poly 3D model to a client.

Learning objectives
Exporting and importing in Unreal Engine
Adding lights and post-processing effects in Unreal
Creating fog and PBR materials
Exporting and importing in Unity 3D
Lightings, cameras, and post-processing in Unity
Lighting and materials in V-Ray
Working with the Arnold renderer
Lighting and materials in Redshift
Quick rendering with KeyShot and Marmoset Toolbag

Skills covered

Unity 3DUnreal EngineEpic3ds MaxUnityRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXAutodeskVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationOne-Off

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Choose the best render engine
02 - Work with the exercise files

1. Introduction to Real-Time Renderers

03 - Real-time versus offline renderers
04 - Run Unreal Engine
05 - Export to Unreal using Datasmith
06 - Import to Unreal using Datasmith
07 - Add basic lights in Unreal Engine
08 - Add reflections and post-processing in Unreal
09 - Bake lights and post-process effects
10 - Snapshots and final renders
11 - Create fog and PBR materials
12 - Introduction to the Unity 3D interface
13 - Export a scene from 3ds Max
14 - Import a scene to Unity 3D
15 - Adjust lights in a scene
16 - Build more lights and reflections
17 - Add camera controls
18 - Use post-processing effects
19 - Use PBR materials
20 - Recap of Unreal and Unity

2. Introduction to Offline Renderers

21 - Set up V-Ray
22 - Explore the V-Ray Physical Camera
23 - Learn about V-Ray Sun and V-Ray lights
24 - Use HDRI lighting and V-Ray frame buffer effects
25 - Understand V-Ray materials and IPR
26 - Composite render elements in Photoshop
27 - Set up the Arnold renderer
28 - Construct an Arnold camera
29 - Assemble Arnold lights
30 - Add HDRI lighting
31 - Explore materials in Arnold
32 - Remove noise and finalize render
33 - Set up Redshift
34 - Understand Redshift lights
35 - Explore dome and IES lights
36 - Use Redshift materials presets
37 - Prepare final render
38 - Recap of the V-Ray, Arnold, and Redshift renderers

3. Introduction to Quick Rendering Tools

39 - Introduction to KeyShot
40 - Animate and render in KeyShot
41 - Overview of Marmoset Toolbag
42 - Conclusion