A few tips to make your exterior lighting more unique
Posted in Tutorials by Jeff
If you're looking to kick your exterior renders up a notch from the now typical look of the daylight system I have some recommendations that can make your renders a bit more unique. Read on for more details.
Translucent leaves in mental ray
Posted in Tutorials by Jeff
A while back Peter Guthrie (a very talented artist) posted a VRay tutorial on making leaves using the VRay2sidedMtl. In this post I wanted to try and create a similar effect using mental ray in 3ds Max. Read on for further details.
Multi layered materials
Posted in Freebies by Jeff
Blending and mixing materials together in 3ds Max with mental ray has always been one area that seems more complex than what it should be (IMHO). I'll usually see at least one question per week on the topic of mixing materials for labels or similar things.
In this post I'll share one method that I'll use from time to time that may work for you in some scenarios. hit the "read more" button for additional info.
Bump and Displacement combiners in 3ds Max 2011
Posted in Freebies by Jeff
If you have 3ds Max/Design 2011 you may have noticed the bump & displacement combiners are missing. I've updated the adsk_Utility_Shaders.mi to include the phenomenon declarations for these to enable them in 3ds Max/Design 2011.
MAKE SURE TO KEEP A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR FILE BEFORE USING THIS!
Be careful what you wish for...
Posted in Randomness by Jeff
I was reading over the AREA site while ago when I saw this:
Now of course the actual post isn't about wanting carpal tunnel syndrome, but the title right above wishlist made me chuckle... 