I tried to detail as much as possible the steps that one has to follow, in order to help the ones with the means, but haven’t used them yet. This tutorial is divided in two parts, first one concentrating ... more

This tutorial was designed with the 3D novice in mind, and for that matter, anyone above that level. We’ll be creating and adjusting everything from scratch, this tutorial will hardly yield any graphics ... more

HDRI with 3DSMAX & Mental Ray (simple scene file for beginners). This is not a step by step tutorial, there is a downloadable scene file and you can see all the paramaters that I have used to create this ... more

This is my 3rd 3dsmax tutorial, and it will teach you how to create microscopic cell scenes. It should be very easy to complete and interesting. It will cover all the modeling, and all the materials. ... more

Build a realistic interior scene with IES light in Vray Renderer.

Many beginners have a problem with fast, draft presentation of their models in 3d MAX. Scanline set to default settings produces dark, illegible images. Advanced renderers like MentalRay, Brazil etc. ... more

Welcome to the first part of a 2-part tutorial covering texturing and lighting in 3d studio MAX R4. This first part will concentrate on lighting and rendering, while the second part will cover texturing ... more

Welcome to the second and final part of this tutorial covering texturing and lighting in 3d studio MAX R4. This final part will concentrate on texturing methods, utilizing MAX’s procedural textures. To ... more

Clay render is used to show the details of any model you create in any 3D application. One of the best plugins for clay render is Brazil R/S for 3D Studio MAX, but such a plugin will cost you alot of ... more

Hey guys, my name is Erik Mjelde and I’m going to show you step by step how to make a convincing reflective shader using max 7.5 and up. The reason you need 7.5 and up is because we are using mental ray’s ... more