VRAY with 3Ds Max

A render is a veritable photograph, whose creation process can be learned and structured in a coherent and replicable way by methodically combining V-Ray with a photographic approach.
Create high-quality photorealistic renders of architectural visualizations. Learn how to combine lighting and rendering options to end-up with the most realistic final renders possible at a professional level. Learn how to save time without sacrificing the quality of your final renders with tips and tricks on rendering with V-ray - the most accurate rendering application for 3ds Max.

1 Introduction

• UI & VFB – The lessons in this category provide an overview of V-Ray’s components, what they do, and where to find them in the interface.
• User Interface – A guide to the most commonly used V-Ray components.
• Frame Buffer – What the V-Ray Frame Buffer is, and its most useful features

2 Render Engines

• V-Ray RT – How to use V-Ray RT as an ActiveShade renderer, and how to set it up to render animations.
• V-Ray Production – An overview of the standard V-Ray rendering engine, and how to use it.

3 Sampling

• Sampling – An in depth explanation of how to optimize antialiasing and render times.

4 Lighting

• V-Ray Light – The most commonly used settings of the V-Ray Light.
• V-Ray and 3ds Max Lights – How to use the Standard 3ds Max Lights with V-Ray.
• V-Ray Ambient Light – An overview of the settings of the V-Ray Ambient Light.
• V-Ray Dome Light – The workflow to generate Image Based Lighting with the V-Ray Dome Light.
• V-Ray IES Light – How light profiles and V-Ray’s IES light can create realistic lighting.
• V-Ray Sun and Sky System - Set up day time illumination with the V-Ray’s Sun and Sky system.

5 Global Illumination

• GI Introduction. The theory of tracing global illumination, and the technical differences between the different GI Engines in V-Ray.
• GI for Exterior Scenes – The workflow for setting up GI for Exterior Scenes.
• GI for Interior Scenes – The workflow for setting up GI for Interior Scenes.
• Caustics – How to generate sharp photon mapped caustics.
• GI for Fly-Through Animations – Optimize the rendering of fly-through animations.

6 Camera

• Physical Camera – Physical Camera settings, and how they affect the exposure of the rendered image.
• Physical Camera: Motion Blur and Depth of Field – How to use Motion Blur and Depth of Field effects, and how to balance the exposure of the rendered image.

7 Shading

• V-Ray Material – V-Ray material settings, and how to use them to simulate a wide range of real world materials.
• V-Ray SSS Materials – V-Ray FastSSS2 and V-Ray Skin materials, and how to use them tocreate translucent or sub-surface scattering materials.
• V-Ray 2-Sided Material – V-Ray 2-Sided material, and how to use it to create thin translucent materials such as fabric or paper.
• V-Ray Blend and Bump Materials – How to create more complex materials.
• Random Color Techniques – How the V-Ray Multi Sub texture and the V-Ray User Color node can generate random colors in a shading network.

8 Volumetrics

• Volumetrics – V-Ray Aerial Perspective and V-Ray Environment Fog atmospheric effects in an exterior scene

9 Dynamic Geometry

• V-Ray Displacement – Adding fine detail to scenes with the V-Ray Displacement Modifier.
• V-Ray Proxy – Optimize high poly count scenes with  V-Ray’s Proxy geometry.
• V-Ray Instancer – Instance multiple V-Ray Proxy geometries with the help of a ParticleFlow system and the V-Ray Instancer helper.
• V-Ray Fur – Generate realistic grass with V-Ray Fur.

10 Render Elements

• V-Ray Render Elements – How to split the rendered image into render elements, and combining them in compositing.