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Learn an essential workflow to rendering with mental ray and techniques for fully utilizing the tools available inside 3ds Max to save time and see better results. Contains over 2 hours of project-based training for artists new to mental ray and experienced artists seeking a refresher.
Popular highlights include:
• mental ray Overview
• Global Illumination Workflow
• Final Gather Workflow
• Caustics Workflow
• Emitting GI Photons from Light Sources
• Photon Energy and Decay Parameters
• Controlling Final Gather Accuracy
• Adding Secondary Final Gather Bounces
• Mixing Final Gather and Global Illumination
• Saving and Reusing Lighting Data
• Image-based Lighting
• HDR Exposure Controls
• Emitting Caustic Photons from Lights
• Optimizing Caustic Photon Use
• Subsurface Scattering Shader
• Ambient Occlusion Shader
• mental ray Architectural Material
• Utilizing the Material Editor
• Contour Line Rendering
• Using Render Elements
• Scene States
• Compositing Rendered Passes

Lesson Outline:

1. Introduction 1:38
2. Setting mental ray as the default renderer 3:12
3. Using photon-based Global Illumination 11:07
4. Adjusting the photon properties of lights 8:16
5. Using Final Gather in mental ray 13:33
6. Combining Global Illumination and Final Gather 5:01
7. Saving and reusing indirect illumination data 9:45
8. Setting up image-based lighting in mental ray 10:00
9. Using and optimizing caustic photons 12:28
10. Exploring mental ray's Architectural Materials 10:23
11. Overview of the mental ray Car Paint shader 7:07
12. Using Subsurface Scattering in mental ray 11:19
13. Utilizing ambient occlusion to enhance shadows 9:28
14. Adding depth of field effects to renders 8:17
15. Rendering a depth of field pass for compositing 8:04
16. Special mental ray light parameters 7:47
17. Understanding contour outlines 12:07
18. Using Render Elements for compositing purposes 7:24
19. Compositing multiple render passes 7:59
20. Using Scene States to output multiple renders 10:31
Total Run Time: 2:55:36

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