Keyshot | Automotive Essentials

Create clean, professional product renders in KeyShot, from materials and lighting to camera setup and consistent output for design presentations.

Course Goals

This 5-day beginner course introduces KeyShot as a rendering and visualisation tool for automotive and mobility design. Participants learn how to bring in CAD/3D data from common studio tools, apply convincing automotive materials, design lighting and environments, and produce hero images and simple animations for design reviews, marketing teasers, and stakeholder presentations.

By the end of the week, each participant will have a small set of polished stills of a vehicle, or vehicle component aligned with typical OEM studio expectations and ready for use in decks, boards, and digital showrooms.

Key outcomes

• Navigate and configure for automotive-scale scenes and CAD imports
• Import, clean, and organise vehicle data from industry CAD programs
• Apply and customise automotive materials: (paint, glass, metal, etc.)
• Set up HDRI and physical light rigs that show form & highlights clearly
• Frame cameras, render stills and simple animations, and export files for studio and marketing use