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Step-by-step guides from the IMBA Atelier team. Two libraries, one goal: make your next visualization project smoother — whether you are a client commissioning work or an artist learning the craft.

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For Clients

Everything you need to brief a studio, give great feedback, and get the most from your deliverables.

  • What Files Do I Need to Provide? — CAD drawings, BIM models, sketches, and references: a simple checklist for a smooth project start. (First tutorial published — read it now.)
  • How to Brief a 3D Rendering Studio — the information that makes or breaks a project: scope, mood, deadlines, and budgets.
  • How to Give Feedback on a Render — why “make it nicer” costs time, and how structured feedback gets you the right image faster.
  • How to Use Your 360° Virtual Tour — embedding the tour on your website, sharing it, and presenting it in VR.
  • Virtual Staging in 3 Steps — how a room goes from empty render to styled listing, and what you receive.

For Artists & Architects

Craft-level tutorials from our production pipeline — the techniques we use every day.

  • 5 Lighting Mistakes That Make Renders Look Fake — and how to fix each one before you press render.
  • Interior Rendering: 7 Composition Rules — camera placement and framing that make interiors feel designed.
  • 3ds Max + Corona: a Beginner’s 10-Minute Setup — scene units, gamma, and the settings we start every project with.
  • Blender vs 3ds Max for Archviz in 2026 — an honest comparison to help you choose your tool.
  • How We Add Entourage Without Ruining a Render — scale, density, and the art of believable people, cars, and vegetation.

Coming Next

New tutorials are added regularly — from pricing guidance to advanced rendering techniques. Want to request one? Tell us.

New to the craft? Start with our glossary — and when you are ready to commission work, talk to us. For deeper guides, see the articles; for quick answers, the FAQs; for studio news, the blog.