If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you. You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your account at. Still, it should be our aim to make good use of the ones that can be applied, so as to help create a composition that presents our work in the best possible manner. Of course, not all of the compositional rules listed can be applied to every single image that we will ever shoot or render. If we start our rendering project with a weak or unstable foundation (such as poor composition), then it stands to reason that we are really going to struggle to produce any kind of high quality end result from it when all is said and done. In other words, what we get out as the end result of a piece of work or project can only be as good as the materials, the time, and the effort that we put into it. My hope is that this chapter can help strip away the mysticism, the trepidation, and maybe even some of the frustration that can result from not understanding how something works.Īnd finally, for users who may already be familiar with the general principles of photographic rendering but who are new to V-Ray in SketchUp, this book will give them an opportunity to very quickly get an overview of the process, tools, and options that can be used in a V-Ray-specific pipeline.Īs a computer artist, if we are not already familiar with the total accuracy of the statement Put garbage in and you will get garbage out, we will be very soon, because it is one of the most often citied and indeed accurate pieces of advice that you are likely to hear. Secondly, it gives users, who are brand new to photographic rendering of any kind, the opportunity to see just how easy it can be once they have figured out how to work with the tools of the trade-in this case, SketchUp and V-Ray Version 2.0. Firstly, as already noted, this approach suits the philosophy promoted by the publishers themselves, which is that learning ought to be as much of a hands-on experience as possible one that engages and involves the student rather than one that is passive and possibly even tedious.

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