Mastering Lighting Design Like A Pro

Learn and master the art of doing lighting design of your home or office like a professional lighting designer

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.4

- By the end of this course
- you will master the Internal and External lighting design of a big house/Villa starting from just a 2D layout.

What you'll learn

By the end of this course
you will master the Internal and External lighting design of a big house/Villa starting from just a 2D layout.

* Requirements

* Interest to learn about Interior design and Lighting design
* Students need to install an Open Source software Dialux evo in their system/Computers

Description

It is believed that among the ancient civilizations, Egyptians were the first civilization to introduce the aspect of Interior design in their day to day lives.

And all through the course of civilizations, Interior design was a subject of profound interest in many civilizations, like the Indian Vaastu Shastra and the Chinese Feng Shui.

Plenty of Scientific research have also shown that when a person is surrounded by good interior design, he can live a much happy and productive life.

There are many elements to a good interior design, but there is one major element without which none of the other elements can bring its qualities to the fore, and that is Lighting.

And in this course, I will cover this element or the lighting aspect of the interior design.

Below is an outline of what i am going to teach you in a step by step process in this course.

I will teach you

·         How to read and understand architectural drawings

·         How to use the tools required for your lighting design project, which is dialux evo

·         How to construct individual floors, basements, balconies and roof tops

·         How to add internal and external materials & textures to your floors

·         How to add furniture and objects to your floor designs

·         How to use the lighting design principles and lighting standards like IESNA, CIE to determine the lux/foot candles level of a particular task area

·         How to choose and add light fixtures into dialux evo, keeping the lighting standards of the task area in mind

·         How to run lighting calculations, as per your customized needs

·         How to document your calculations and results, and export them as reports, which are meant to be sent to vendors or clients.

·         How to create beautiful ray trace renders of your finished projects after lighting calculations.


And once you are through all these steps, you will be able to do the lighting design of your home or office like a professional lighting designer.

So join me along to add the skill of lighting design in your arsenal.








Who this course is for:

  • This is a great course for for all levels of individuals Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced with an interest in Lighting Design principles and tools.
  • This course would also be of great value for interior design students, professionals, artists, hobbyists.
  • This course would also be of great value for DIY Enthusiasts interested in doing the lighting design of their home and office.

Course content

1 sections • 21 lectures

Introduction Preview 06:03

Lighting Design Tools Preview 26:08

Understanding Architectural Drawings Preview 13:35

Understanding Cross section Plan Preview 07:14

Floor and Finished Grade Design Preview 18:45

Individual Floor design Preview 12:51

Balcony and Roof Part 1 Preview 11:19

Balcony and Roof Part 2 Preview 24:40

Indoor Contour Preview 12:52

Indoor Contour Part 2 Preview 05:16

Windows, Doors and Furniture Part 1 Preview 24:14

Windows and Doors Part 2 Preview 09:55

Windows and Doors Part 3 Preview 13:21

External Materials and Textures Preview 19:19

Internal Materials Preview 28:52

Lighting Design Basics Preview 17:37

Internal Lighting Design Part 1 Preview 17:08

Internal Lighting Design Part 2 Preview 17:43

Internal Lighting design Part 3 Preview 07:18

External Lighting Design Preview 14:43

Documentation and Raytracing Preview 06:39