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

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