Basic Automotive Studio Lighting in 3ds Max & Corona

A common mistake inexperienced automotive CGI artists make when creating studio renders is that they tend to over-complicate their lighting way too much. The goal is always the same - recreate realism. But CG software gives an artist much more control than a photographer has. This can lead to having messy reflections, loss of shape in the car and an unrealistic looking image.

In this tutorial, I will be using real-world photography techniques using indirect lighting to create a dark and moody studio lighting with just four lights.