How are the “clamping” and “filter glossy” settings? These settings help reduce noise, but they are a compromise on realism. High quality assets for a small price can be found here.įor some nice lighting reference I usually go to this guy’s page. Some more scenes can be found here although you should keep in mind that this aren’t free. Here’s a very useful tutorial by Riley Brown that might help you: įrom this website you can download some free interior scenes and analyze how pros light their renders. If you want the background to be visible out of the window, you can always disable area light visibility to camera.Īlso, keep in mind that your models and textures need to be of high quality - no light setup will save your render if the models and materials are of bad quality.

If you need more light, avoid increasing light sources intensity too much (HDRI and area light in this case). In my experience, best way to achieve realistic interior lighting is to use a combination of HDRI and area lights outside the window.

Blender lighting setup