In this tutorial I’ll show you how to render a scene with the Mental Ray renderer. I’ll divide it into two parts. The first one will cover the creation of lights and rendering a Photon map and the second ... more

This Tutorial is for 3ds Max Users with little or no experience at all. Yet, I assume that you have a general knowledge of computers and common sense=). I am using 3ds Max R4. In this tutorial we will ... more

In this tutorial, we will illuminate an exterior architectural scene with help from Vray and a HDR image (High Dy­namic Range Image, or HDRI for short) from Hyperfocal Design. Using 3dsmax and HDRI ... more

Ok , here is the first tutorial, I will try to keep it simple and short.. Its not so hard and after this tutorial you will see that it takes only 5 mins to setup a scene.. As the topic says this is a ...

The key to this tutorial is to help you improve your scenes and how you render in general. It is a fairly simple concept that once you learn you will always use.

GI - GI means Global Illumination. Global illumination enhances the realism of a scene by simulating radiosity, or the interreflection of light in a scene. It generates such effects as "color bleeding," ... more

This time we would like to invite you to learn something about SSS in Maxwell. I think the best idea would be to create candle material that will be simulating SSS. Lets prepare whole scene: ...

Read the simple tutorial on creating neon lights in 3ds max using vray material and renderer

This tutorial will teach you how to create a realistic looking object using V-Ray which is a very popular renderer that is widely used in the making of movies and videogames. V-Ray is not a built-in tool ... more

Some people always want to be like others, for example, when you browse the image galleries of 3DTotal, you’ll see there are a lot of great renderings. Then those peoples say, “Damn! What a bloody good ... more