Creating modern kitchen interior - Tip of the Week

Archinteriors vol. 58 is the latest collection of ten modern kitchen interiors. It's made for 3ds Max and V-Ray renderer. Let's look at the first scene from this collection - modern interior lit with low morning sun.

The final rendered scene. We don't use post-production here, it's a render straight out of the V-Ray Frame buffer. Download this scene here ($).

Wireframe render from the camera perspective.

A short walkthrough in Chaos Vantage with a little light tweaking - Evermotion scenes are mostly compatible with Chaos Vantage out of the box, just export vrayscene file from 3ds Max and open it in Chaos Vantage app and you can easily navigate and change it in realtime.

A scene in 3ds Max viewport.

Overview of the scene. The main light source is a VraySun and HDRI in VrayDomeLight.

The building and VrayDomeLight

VrayDomeLight settings.

VraySun settings.

Environment map settings.

Light portals in openings.

Small halogen lights settings.

Walls - mesh.

Walls material.

Curtains mesh.

Curtains material - it is 2-sided material with one side that is translucent and the other that is opaque.

Translucent material settings.

Opaque material settings.

Floor mesh.

Floor mesh with wireframe.

Floor mesh - detail.

Floor material.

We placed a plane under floor with a wooden material assigned to it so we can avoid light leaking through the gaps between floor panels.

Outside grass plane.

Outside plane material.

Camera settings.

Render settings.