Proven techniques for using mental ray effectively If you're a busy artist seeking high-end results for your 3D, design, or architecture renders using mental ray, this is the perfect book for you. It distills the highly technical nature of rendering into easy-to-follow steps and tutorials that you can apply immediately to your own projects. The book uses 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design to show the integration with mental ray, but users of any 3D or CAD software can learn valuable techniques for incorporating mental ray into their pipelines. Takes you under the hood of mental ray, a stand-alone or…mehr
Proven techniques for using mental ray effectively If you're a busy artist seeking high-end results for your 3D, design, or architecture renders using mental ray, this is the perfect book for you. It distills the highly technical nature of rendering into easy-to-follow steps and tutorials that you can apply immediately to your own projects. The book uses 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design to show the integration with mental ray, but users of any 3D or CAD software can learn valuable techniques for incorporating mental ray into their pipelines. Takes you under the hood of mental ray, a stand-alone or bundled product that is often used with 3D or CAD software in the creation of movies, games, architectural renders, and television Focuses on only the most pertinent tools and techniques for busy professionals who need to quickly apply them on the job Provides compelling, practical tutorials so you can start incorporating mental ray into your own production pipelines Includes a DVD with step-by-step videos to help drive home concepts and techniques Learn effective mental ray techniques with this great guide, then keep this practical book at your workstation for reference while you work!
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Jennifer O'Connor is an accomplished visual design artist, instructor, speaker, and expert on mental ray and 3ds Max. She is the founder and President of 4D Artists Inc., a 3D rendering and animation company. She is an Adjunct Professor of 3D Rendering, Animation, and Architectural Illustration at the College of Lake County, Illinois. Jennifer has been working with CAD software since 1985 and 3D software since 1992, on projects ranging from museum animations and tropical islands to product visualization.
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Introduction. Chapter 1:mental ray Essentials. mental ray Overview. Enabling mental ray. Choosing mental ray for an Existing Scene. Setting mental ray Preferences and Using the Render Message Window. Configuring 3ds Max/Design. Exploring mental ray's Design-Related Defaults. Using Project Folders. Setting System Units. Setting Gamma Options. Quick-Start Render Settings. Introducing the Sampling Quality (Antialiasing) Settings. Introducing Final Gather. The Bottom Line. Chapter 2:Materials and Maps. Introducing the Slate Material Editor. Using the Slate Material Editor. Working with Bitmaps. Using the Bitmap Proxies Option. Using the Bitmap Pager Option. Using the mental ray Map Manager. Using Bitmaps When Working Remotely. Using Project Folders. Using Relative Paths and the Resource Collector. Using the Asset Tracking Tool. Accessing the Bitmap/Photometric Path Editor. Editing XRef Paths for Maps and Scenes. Working with Materials, Maps, and Colors. Introducing the Autodesk Materials. Introducing the Autodesk Material Library. Introducing the Arch & Design Materials. Introducing ProMaterials. Introducing the MetaSL Material. Converting Existing Materials to Arch & Design. Creating Glazing Materials. Using Low and High Dynamic Range Image Formats. Applying Real-World Scale. The Bottom Line. Chapter 3:Light, Shadow, and Exposure Control. Using Material Override. Introducing Exposure Controls. The Logarithmic Exposure Control. The mr Photographic Exposure Control. The Pseudo Color Exposure Control. Working with Light Objects. Eight Simple Rules for Lighting Your Scene. Start in Darkness.... Use Photometric Lights. Use Shadows. Use Hardware Viewport Shading to Preview Lighting. Use Light Assemblies. Use Instance Lights with Common Properties. Avoid Ambient Light. Use the Light Lister to Manage Lights. Understanding Photometric Lights. Understanding Shadow Types. Working with Light Distribution (Type) Settings. Working with Light Color, Intensity, and Attenuation Settings. Understanding Shape and Area Shadows. Introducing Daylight Systems. Introducing the mr Sky Portal. The Bottom Line. Chapter 4:Rendering. Introducing Backburner Network Rendering. Enabling Render Output to Backburner. Using Split Scan Lines. Correcting Gamma with Split Scan Lines Images. Adjusting Network Rendering Advanced Settings. Using the Backburner Monitor. Using Batch Render. Introducing mental ray Proxy Objects. Understanding Render Settings. Modifying Common Tab Settings. Defining File Output Options. Understanding the Renderer Tab Settings. Understanding the Processing Tab Settings. Understanding Translator Settings and Memory Settings. Using Distributed Bucket Rendering. Accelerating Test Renders. The Bottom Line. Chapter 5:Indirect Illumination and Final Gather. Defining Direct and Indirect Illumination. Understanding Indirect Illumination in mental ray. Understanding Final Gather. How Final Gather Works. Using a Visual Diagnostics Tool and Final Gather. Introducing Final Gather Settings. Using Final Gather Basic Settings. Using the Project Points and Divide Camera Path by Num. Segments Option. Adjusting Final Gather Advanced Settings. Reusing Final Gather and Global Illumination Data. Understanding the Final Gather Reuse Modes. Understanding the Final Gather Map Options. Caching the Caustics and Global Illumination Photon Map. Adjusting an Object's Final Gather Options. Producing High-Resolution Images with FG. Creating the Low-Resolution Final Gather Precalculation Pass. Creating the High-Resolution FG-Freeze Render Pass. Using Batch Render to Create Final Gather Map and High-Resolution Render Passes. Using Daylight and Final Gather. Improving Dark Inte
Introduction. Chapter 1:mental ray Essentials. mental ray Overview. Enabling mental ray. Choosing mental ray for an Existing Scene. Setting mental ray Preferences and Using the Render Message Window. Configuring 3ds Max/Design. Exploring mental ray's Design-Related Defaults. Using Project Folders. Setting System Units. Setting Gamma Options. Quick-Start Render Settings. Introducing the Sampling Quality (Antialiasing) Settings. Introducing Final Gather. The Bottom Line. Chapter 2:Materials and Maps. Introducing the Slate Material Editor. Using the Slate Material Editor. Working with Bitmaps. Using the Bitmap Proxies Option. Using the Bitmap Pager Option. Using the mental ray Map Manager. Using Bitmaps When Working Remotely. Using Project Folders. Using Relative Paths and the Resource Collector. Using the Asset Tracking Tool. Accessing the Bitmap/Photometric Path Editor. Editing XRef Paths for Maps and Scenes. Working with Materials, Maps, and Colors. Introducing the Autodesk Materials. Introducing the Autodesk Material Library. Introducing the Arch & Design Materials. Introducing ProMaterials. Introducing the MetaSL Material. Converting Existing Materials to Arch & Design. Creating Glazing Materials. Using Low and High Dynamic Range Image Formats. Applying Real-World Scale. The Bottom Line. Chapter 3:Light, Shadow, and Exposure Control. Using Material Override. Introducing Exposure Controls. The Logarithmic Exposure Control. The mr Photographic Exposure Control. The Pseudo Color Exposure Control. Working with Light Objects. Eight Simple Rules for Lighting Your Scene. Start in Darkness.... Use Photometric Lights. Use Shadows. Use Hardware Viewport Shading to Preview Lighting. Use Light Assemblies. Use Instance Lights with Common Properties. Avoid Ambient Light. Use the Light Lister to Manage Lights. Understanding Photometric Lights. Understanding Shadow Types. Working with Light Distribution (Type) Settings. Working with Light Color, Intensity, and Attenuation Settings. Understanding Shape and Area Shadows. Introducing Daylight Systems. Introducing the mr Sky Portal. The Bottom Line. Chapter 4:Rendering. Introducing Backburner Network Rendering. Enabling Render Output to Backburner. Using Split Scan Lines. Correcting Gamma with Split Scan Lines Images. Adjusting Network Rendering Advanced Settings. Using the Backburner Monitor. Using Batch Render. Introducing mental ray Proxy Objects. Understanding Render Settings. Modifying Common Tab Settings. Defining File Output Options. Understanding the Renderer Tab Settings. Understanding the Processing Tab Settings. Understanding Translator Settings and Memory Settings. Using Distributed Bucket Rendering. Accelerating Test Renders. The Bottom Line. Chapter 5:Indirect Illumination and Final Gather. Defining Direct and Indirect Illumination. Understanding Indirect Illumination in mental ray. Understanding Final Gather. How Final Gather Works. Using a Visual Diagnostics Tool and Final Gather. Introducing Final Gather Settings. Using Final Gather Basic Settings. Using the Project Points and Divide Camera Path by Num. Segments Option. Adjusting Final Gather Advanced Settings. Reusing Final Gather and Global Illumination Data. Understanding the Final Gather Reuse Modes. Understanding the Final Gather Map Options. Caching the Caustics and Global Illumination Photon Map. Adjusting an Object's Final Gather Options. Producing High-Resolution Images with FG. Creating the Low-Resolution Final Gather Precalculation Pass. Creating the High-Resolution FG-Freeze Render Pass. Using Batch Render to Create Final Gather Map and High-Resolution Render Passes. Using Daylight and Final Gather. Improving Dark Inte
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