Archive : 3ds Max Tutorials

Still problems of love with Saving Materials and Material Editor? Yeah, managing materials in 3ds Max could be more simple. Fortunately, the 2011 version is a little bit easier to use. In this post I use the 2012 version to illustrate the logic:  it’s easier to understand, and in the end I’ll...

The big difference between interior and exterior renders is the light: precisely the way as the light is spreaded in the scene. In interior renders the light decay is clear, this is why interior renders have more shades and they look nicer than exteriors. In a different way the exteriors are often lighted...

Have you ever placed objects in quite casual in a scene? Coins on a table, marbles in a container, even the rocks along the beach… it’s a quite boring and hard work. In such cases we need physical simulatio and in 3ds Max there’s the powerful Reactor. I can not describe a single...

There are 2 elements in this little story: FumeFX and Tensun. 1) FumeFX is a plugin for 3ds max. It can simulate fume and fire easly. 2) I met Tensun many years ago and I was completely crazy for his videotutorials about Fume Fx! I don’t know why but I can’t find these videos anymore until...

I want to share with you a part of my life probably you don’t know: my render trainings. The last july I was in Rome with 16 excellent participants! It was an exciting week with them: rendering and eating! The best way to be part of my training is freeing your mind and sharing your knowledges. 1)...