In Hi-end architectural visualizations there are two schools of rendering. In one of them, the major aim is to receive as best possible render directly from 3d software, but second is based on post production. This ... more

Have you ever been modeling something out of half transparent tinted plastic or glass and wondered how, without a shadow map, you would make the color of the material project onto the surrounding objects? ... more

IES is a specific kind of light used especially in architectural vizualisations. In 3ds max those files, which discribe intensity of the light in 3d dimension, are loaded into photometric lights. As you ... more

People pass up Max5’s new Advanced rendering for other renderers like Brazil RS, VRay, Finalrender, and others. Not to say those renderers are no good (they are very good), but Max5 can hold it’s own, ... more

This tutorial learn you how to make Space scene (view to the Earth). It’s very simple, step by step tutorial for beginners and intermediate 3ds Max users. There is three chapter : 1. Modeling 2. ... more

So you thought area lights were not possible in MAX without any 3rd – party plug-ins? Well you would be wrong. It is possible to create area lights such as strip lights using the motion blur effects within ... more

The scene represents a man and a sculpture, maybe a sculptor observing his work. All the textures used are from the Total Textures CD´s see here www.3dtotal.com/textures . I have used the release 5 of ... more

IES stands for Illuminating Engineering Society. IES standard file format was created for the electronic transfer of photometric data over the web. It has been widely used by many lighting manufacturers ... more

Tutorial about creating a underwater scene in 3ds max.

This short tutorial on how to use VRay’s Global Illumination feature will show you one method of creating realistic looking lighting for a scene.