30 Mar 2013 
Posted by Animation Tutorial
The Original Artwork of Chinese Goddess is done by two Chinese Artists Jiansong Chain and Jane Liu. The Modeling part is done in Maya. Texturing was done in 3ds max and the final image was rendered in Mental Ray Here is the Maya Viewport Image The Artists has used...
Read more → 18 Mar 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
3D Water – The Ocean In this tutorial we will create and render a 3d water surface in 3ds max that can be used as any water body. We will use Mental Ray renderer and Daylight System in the scene. Step 1 By default 3d max uses Scanline renderer. Change the renderer to the Mental Ray. Go to Rendering->...
Read more → 15 Mar 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
In this tutorial we will show how to create realistic fireworks using PFlow in 3ds max.To understand this tutorial you should know the basics of 3ds max and Particle flow. Refer to the image below to see the finished flow of this tutorial. Steps to create Fireworks using Particle Flow (PFlow) In...
Read more → 02 Mar 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
Phong shading smoothes the edges between faces and renders realistic highlights for shiny, regular surfaces.Intensities are interpolated across a face which is based on the averaged face normals of adjacent faces. Normal is calculated for every pixel of the face. Phong shader can render opacity,...
Read more → 01 Mar 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
Multi layer shader in 3ds max is similar to Anisotropic shader. It has two highlight controls. It is layered and also allow you to create complex highlights. It is good for highly polished materials and special effects. How to set a material’s Shading type Under Shader Basic Parameters rollout,...
Read more → 28 Feb 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
When you render your scene in passes it gives you the flexibility to modify the elements in the scene. You can adjust shadows, lights , specular , reflections anytime in a compositing software as per your need. Basic Render Elements Ambient Occlusion – This is not a pass but a shader which...
Read more → 23 Feb 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
In this article we will discuss the basic setting of v-ray renderer which will speed up your renders and still give you a quality output. V-ray renderer settings discussed here will work well with still images in most of the situation. Advantage of these settings Little parameters for controlling...
Read more → 22 Feb 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
Introduction to 3ds Max Anisotropic Shader. Anisotropic shader in 3ds max creates surfaces with elliptical ,“anisotropic” highlights. The basic parameters are similar to blinn material and specular highlights are similar to Oren – Nayar – Blinn shading. It is used to create highlights on hair,...
Read more → 21 Feb 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
Metal shader in 3ds max is used to create metallic surfaces and variety of organic looking materials. Metal shader has a distinctive highlights. It calculates its own specular color which can vary between its diffuse color and color of light. There is no option to set the specular color for metal...
Read more → 21 Feb 2013 Posted by Animation Tutorial
There is more to lighting a scene than simply running a simulation of real-world parameters. You strive to achieve certain visual goals so that viewer appreciates the scene. How the lighting will enhance or detract from a shot depends on how well you accomplish these goals. 1) Making...
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