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V-Ray Course

V-Ray course: realistic materials, lighting, cameras and render settings for interior, exterior and product images.

Your roadmap — from admission to certificate

  1. Free counselling

    Talk to our counsellor — choose the right course, batch time and mode.

  2. Admission

    Join at a CADD centre near you or online. You get your student login and ID card.

  3. Learn step by step

    30 Hours of hands-on V-Ray classes — in the classroom or live online.

    Introduction to V-RayV-Ray MaterialsLightingCameras and CompositionRender Settings and Post-ProcessingEnvironment and Scene DetailRendering Projects
  4. Practice & project

    Exercises in every class and a final project, checked by your trainer.

  5. Course completion certificate + completion badge

    Finish the course and get your course-completion certificate and a digital completion badge with your name.

    Sample course-completion certificate — Special Course in Rendering and Visualization
    Course-completion certificate (sample) — Special Course in Rendering and Visualization · verifiable online
    Course-completion badge — Special Course in Rendering and Visualization
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    Special Course in Rendering and Visualization
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    CADD Training Cetre
    Training
    Classroom or live online
    How to earn
    Complete the course and its project
    With your name and year · its own verify link · “Add to profile” on LinkedIn
  6. Certification exam

    Take the certification exam: a theory test and a practical task — at the centre or online.

  7. Certified certificate + marksheet

    Pass the exam and get the certified certificate with your marksheet. Anyone can check it online with its QR code.

  8. Certified badge

    Your certified badge — add it to LinkedIn and share it anywhere; it opens its own verify page.

    Certified badge — Special Course in Rendering and Visualization
    Certified badge
    Course
    Special Course in Rendering and Visualization
    Issued by
    CADD Training Cetre
    Training
    Classroom or live online
    How to earn
    Pass the certification exam
    You also get
    Certified certificate + marksheet
    With your name and year · its own verify link · “Add to profile” on LinkedIn
  9. Make your CV & apply for jobs

    Make your CV in your student panel (Career → My CV) — your course, certificates and projects are added for you. Send it as a link with a preview picture, and apply to jobs and Hire Me requests from companies.

About the V-Ray course

V-Ray, developed by Chaos, is a rendering engine that works inside host programs such as SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino and Revit. It simulates how real light behaves on materials, which is why architects, interior designers, product and jewellery designers and visualisation studios use it to create photo-realistic images and walkthroughs of designs before anything is built or manufactured.

In 30 focused hours you learn the complete rendering process. The course begins with the V-Ray toolbar, Asset Editor and Frame Buffer, then moves to materials: diffuse, reflection, glossiness, refraction for glass, bitmap textures, bump, normal and displacement maps, and assets from the Chaos Cosmos library. You light interiors and exteriors with sun and sky, HDRI dome lights, rectangle, sphere and IES lights, set up the physical camera with exposure and depth of field, and choose render settings, denoising and render elements. Scene detail with fur, scatter and proxies, and post-processing in the Frame Buffer complete the toolkit, and you finish with interior, exterior and product renders for your portfolio. Classes run in CADD centre classrooms and live online, and you receive a CADD Training Centre certificate that is verifiable online.

V-Ray is valuable for roles like 3D visualiser, interior rendering artist and architectural visualisation designer. You should already model in a host program; ask the counsellor which host software your batch uses.

You will be able to

  • Set up V-Ray in your host software and use the toolbar, Asset Editor and Frame Buffer
  • Create realistic materials with diffuse, reflection, refraction, bump and displacement
  • Light interior and exterior scenes with sun and sky, dome HDRI, rectangle, sphere and IES lights
  • Compose shots with the V-Ray physical camera, exposure and depth of field
  • Choose render settings, denoising and resolution for quality and speed
  • Use render elements and the Frame Buffer to post-process final images
  • Produce a portfolio of interior, exterior and product renders

Who it is for

  • Interior design and architecture students
  • SketchUp, 3ds Max and Rhino users who want photo-realistic renders
  • Jewellery and product designers who present designs visually
  • Freelance visualisers building a portfolio

What you need

  • Good working knowledge of the host software (for example SketchUp or 3ds Max)
  • For live online classes: a Windows PC with 16 GB RAM and a dedicated graphics card

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V-Ray Syllabus

7 chapters · 38 topics
01 Introduction to V-Ray 5 topics
  1. What V-Ray is and how rendering works
  2. V-Ray toolbar and Asset Editor
  3. V-Ray Frame Buffer basics
  4. Interactive and production rendering
  5. Scene units and preparing a model for rendering
02 V-Ray Materials 6 topics
  1. V-Ray material: diffuse, reflection and glossiness
  2. Refraction for glass and liquids
  3. Bitmap textures and UV mapping
  4. Bump, normal and displacement maps
  5. Metal, wood, fabric and stone materials
  6. Material library and Chaos Cosmos assets
03 Lighting 6 topics
  1. Sun and sky system
  2. Dome light with HDRI
  3. Rectangle, sphere and spot lights
  4. IES lights
  5. Light intensity, colour temperature and Light Mix
  6. Interior day and night lighting
04 Cameras and Composition 5 topics
  1. Physical camera settings: exposure, ISO and white balance
  2. Field of view and vertical correction
  3. Depth of field
  4. Saving scenes and views
  5. Composition rules for architectural images
05 Render Settings and Post-Processing 6 topics
  1. Quality presets and resolution
  2. Global illumination basics
  3. Denoiser
  4. Render elements and channels
  5. Frame Buffer layers: exposure, white balance, curves and LUT
  6. Batch rendering
06 Environment and Scene Detail 5 topics
  1. Background and environment overrides
  2. Atmospheric effects and fog
  3. Fur and scatter for grass and carpets
  4. Proxies for heavy objects
  5. Optimising scenes for faster renders
07 Rendering Projects 5 topics
  1. Interior living room render
  2. Exterior day and dusk render
  3. Product or jewellery close-up
  4. Panorama and animation basics
  5. Portfolio review

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V-Ray course — FAQ

What is V-Ray used for?

V-Ray, from Chaos, is a rendering engine used inside programs like SketchUp, 3ds Max and Rhino to create photo-realistic images and animations of interiors, buildings, products and jewellery.

Who can join the V-Ray course?

Interior designers, architects, civil students, product and jewellery designers who already model in SketchUp, 3ds Max or Rhino can join to learn realistic rendering.

How long is the V-Ray course?

The V-Ray course runs for 30 hours, covering materials, lighting, cameras, render settings and post-processing through practical projects.

Can I learn V-Ray online?

Yes. Besides classroom training at CADD centres, V-Ray runs as live online classes in which you light and render scenes in your own host software while the trainer reviews each image.

Do I get a certificate after the V-Ray course?

On completing V-Ray you are awarded a CADD Training Centre certificate. It has its own verification code, so a design studio can look it up on the website.

Which software is V-Ray used with?

V-Ray works as a plugin for SketchUp, 3ds Max, Rhino, Revit and other programs. The core ideas of materials, lights and cameras are the same, so skills transfer between them. Ask the counsellor which host is used in your batch.

What jobs can I get after learning V-Ray?

V-Ray supports roles such as 3D visualiser, interior rendering artist, architectural visualisation designer and product rendering artist in design studios and architecture firms.

More questions? Ask our counsellor or read the general FAQ.

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