Online course on 3Ds Max + Corona Render - course RUB 20,800. from META Education, training 3 months, Date November 28, 2023.

 Module 0 - Pre-training

Blocks:
• Getting to know the school
• Meeting the teachers
• Course program
• Training structure
• Deadlines and training rules
• How to work with a Mentor
• How to work with the platform
• Motivation and goal setting

Results:

• We got acquainted with the school, teachers and course program
• We learned what lies ahead and what blocks are in the training structure
• Learned how to set deadlines for submitting work, how to work with a personal Mentor and work with the platform
• Set a goal for the course and built motivation for learning

Module 1

Blocks:

• Module introduction
• Program installation
• Familiarity with the interface and primitives
• Working with Editable Poly
• Doing exercises
• Choosing a task for a thesis

Results:

• Install programs correctly
• Let's learn how to create a stool, table, bowl, cup and neon sign
• Let's create an unusual 3D model from scratch using the Editable Poly modifier
• We will choose an assignment for the future graduation project

Module 2

Blocks:

• Module introduction
• Working with different types of references
• Lecture on time management
• Working with space: building walls, windows, doors, floors and ceilings
• Mastering Corona tools
• Render (camera, light, interactive scene)
• Preview image of home interior

Results:

• We will understand the spaces of your home interior, a 3D model of this space
• We will gain knowledge about the primary construction of premises in 3Ds Max
• We will create a home interior space from scratch and make a preview image of it.
• As a bonus, we will listen to a lecture on time management from the teacher

Module 3

Blocks:

• Working with imports and furniture: modeling and modification
• Library of models and materials for future projects
• Working with light indoors: importing importing lamps and their placement
• Competent framing: Camera settings, frame analysis
• First render in rewriting materials
• Render in re-recording of class and homework materials

Results:

• Knowledge of competent import, arrangement of furniture, light and frame in the interior
• We’ll put furniture in ours and the cool interior, put cameras in both interiors and make several renderings of these interiors using re-recorded materials

Module 4

Blocks:

• Module introduction
• Materials
• Websites with textures
• Maps and modifiers for textures
• Materials and textures in your own interior scene

Results:

 • We will study in detail materials, texture maps and tools for interacting with them
• Then we will apply the acquired knowledge in our interior, we will apply materials and textures

Module 5

Blocks:

• Debriefing: preparation for rendering, errors when positioning the camera and light, analysis of dark and light renders
• Render elements: what are they and which ones are used most often?
• Bonus about render farms
• Exercise in which we will consider the result “Before” - “After”
• Post-processing
• Adobe Photoshop for interior
• Diploma work on interior design

Results:

• We complete interior visualization, analyzing and correcting errors in our interiors
• We make final beautiful renderings of home and classroom interiors and submit them as a thesis, collecting everything into a beautiful presentation

Module 6

Blocks:

• Transferring the house model to the stage
• Exterior scene collection
• Filling the scene with exterior objects
• “Atmospheric” additions
• Exterior lighting
• Bonus: transferring a model from Revit to 3Ds Max

Results:

• Let's study the influence of environmental objects on the composition of an exterior scene
• Consider the effect of ambient light on an exterior scene and the differences in light between interior and exterior
• Let's look at lighting the scene using a new tool - HDRI maps
• Let's start working with the reference you have chosen, see how the interior space is created and what rules must be followed in its construction
• Homework will be to build your interior space and preview its rendering
• The result of the module will be an understanding of the space of your home interior, a 3D model of this space and knowledge of the primary construction of premises in 3Ds Max

Bonus Module 7

Blocks:

• New tools for working with multiple objects - Corona CScatter and Corona CProxy
• Arrangement of vegetation on stage
• Creation of lawn and ground material
• Exterior camera
• Adding final touches to the scene
• Bonus. Various trees in the exterior

Results:

• Knowledge of new work tools: Corona Cscatter and Corona CProxy
• Exterior landscape design
• Bonus thesis on exterior

Review day 9 module

The last module is Review day.
This is an open presentation of students' final works to representatives of top architectural bureaus.

Why is this being done?
So that the best graduates can get a cool internship
Or even get a job right away