Assumption: Standard lights won’t give me the realism I’m looking for.

However, the right render shows how the shadows (or lack thereof) looks very artificial. In the above image, I like how the volume effect looks on these standard lights. V-Ray renderer + V-Ray materials, but lights are Standard. This is the type of effect I’m aiming for I am using Max 2012, and V-Ray 2.20.03, but we may be upgrading to the most recent versions of both in the near future. I’m wondering if I can improve the quality of these renders by ditching standard lights and finding a way to accomplish the same effect with V-Ray. I’m pretty happy with how the light beams themselves look, but the shadowing across the venue looks lousy. Typically we render our scenes in V-Ray, but I have yet to find a way to make the lighting work correctly when it comes to the volumetric light-show associated with these unique scenes.Ĭurrently I just use standard lights with a atmospheric effect. I work for an architectural pre-viz company and I have been on an eternal quest to improve the quality of my stage lighting set up for our concert venues. How can I make V-Ray stage lighting like the reference image below?

Corona renderer environment fog