LIGHTWAVE V9 TEXTURING

Chapter 26Architectural Surfaces

Architectural Surfaces Tutorial: Stairway

Architectural images are extremely popular these days, with entire studios dedicated only to architectural visualization work. You can show clients images of their building’s exterior or interior long before a single nail is hammered or walls get painted. FPrime helped bring LightWave to this market mostly due to its sheer speed. You can render images using radiosity at a fraction of the time than you can with LightWave alone. In this tutorial I wanted to do something a bit different from the average room. We are going to texture a daylight-lit basement stairway. Besides good textures, good lighting is essential for architectural renders. Remember that good textures make ...