Create A Realistic Outdoor Scene using 3dsmax Daylight

Hi all,

In this tutorial we are gonna focus on 3dsmax lighting concepts. Learn how to use a Daylight system to make a realistic outdoor scene usind 3dsmax 2010.

Step 1:

first we have to add Daylight system, to do that go to create --> Lights -- > Daylight System.

Step 2:
Then you'l see dialog box appears, press yes. goto top view and click and drag , so first it'l draw a compass , once that finished we can drag out the sunlight source. Distance between light source and scene doesn't matter.

Step 3:
Select daylight source and goto modify panel.Under Daylight parameters click "setup".

Step 4:
Now , it'l bounces off to motion panel.Under control parameters you can adjust the position of the sun. you can give real word measurements.
My parameters:

Step 5 :
Also you can give your location. click "Get location" , then you'll see "world map" window, from that select your location.

Step 6:
To modify shadow, select light source and go to modifier panel.Under general parameters, change the shadow type to "Shadow Map".Under shadow map parameters , change parameters as shown in the picture to yield high quality.

Step 7 :
To adjust parameters , you need to do via "Exposure Control", to do that , goto Rendering menu -- > Exposure control

Step 8:
To have a realistic scene , we can adjust these exposure control parameters, i used following parameters.you can try different combination of these parameters.

Step 9:
After adding environment maps and textures.Here is the final output of our scene.A realistic outdoor daylight system.