In order to learn the \'Art\' of lighting in V-Ray Next for 3ds Max, we will first of all need to know how to use the tools that we have at our disposal. In this 1st in a series of V-Ray lighting courses, LinkedIn Learning and Packt Publishing author Brian Bradley will walk us through the controls and settings that can be found on the V-Ray light in its various Operating Modes. To go beyond that though, we also have a \'Challenge\' chapter that will give us the opportunity to put into practice some of the things that we will have learned whilst working through the course.