In this tutorial 3D Artist Dragos Jieanu explains what it takes to create photorealistic rendering in MAX using Vray... Dragos is a talented 3D artist, animator & compositor living in Bucharest, Romania.

The purpose of this tutorial is to familiarise ourselves with the concept of "photorealistic rendering" I’ve created for the purpose of this tutorial a simple scene on which you can test different settings easily (rendering times won’t be in excess of 30 minutes in a worst case scenario). I’ll skip all details regarding modelling as this is not the purpose of the tutorial. Before starting any scene you must have a clearly defined goal. I suggest sketching the scene on paper with loose lines, and if not, at least have a real image for reference.