Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray, 2nd Edition

Artificial lighting in an interior space

Chapter 6

Artificial Lighting in an Interior Space

6.1 Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn about lighting an interior scene at night with artificial lights. Specifically, you will learn how to:

•   Use Photometric Web Lights in an interior space

•   Use Material Override to quickly analyze lighting

•   Create a Glow material to illuminate a scene

•   Adjust the affect of indirect illumination on a material

•   Create a material for ceiling lights

•   Create a final render of the scene

6.2 Preparing the Units in the Scene

Before beginning on a new 3ds Max Design scene, it is imperative that you ...