Learn to Create Cinematic 3D Scenes Using 3ds Max & FStorm

If you are seeking to improve your skills in urban scene creation, take a look at a course dedicated to Cinematic Urban Environment Creation in 3ds Max & FStorm. It's a learning path for 3D Environment Artists and Generalists, ArchViz professionals, and Lighting and LookDev artists, featuring HD videos totaling over 6 hours, divided into 15 lessons, plus project files.

The course uses Autodesk 3ds Max 2026 and FStorm Render 2 and is beginner-friendly, with basic 3ds Max navigation required.

The lecturer, RoBot, is a VFX Producer, Lighting Specialist, and Senior 3D Artist, with over 29 years of professional CGI experience.

The course is divided into several chapters:

• Introduction, covering hardware and software setups and a roadmap;
• Lighting foundations, which include primary lighting direction, exposure, mood, and FStorm LightMix groups;
• FStorm materials, dedicated to advanced shader creation, surface response, reflection, roughness, and material layering;
• Assembling a cinematic urban scene, including construction, camera framing, set dressing, and prop placement;
• Section dedicated to LookDev, which covers a full-scene shading pass, wet street textures, atmosphere blending, and look polishing;
• Populating the scene with MoCap-animated people and more;
• Fine-tuning render settings, 4K camera output, and lighting.