Do you like this image above? Do you like the realistic lighting?
I made this rendering using 3ds Max 9 and Vray render… and I want to give you that scene as a present for you readers!
3d model to add nice ditails in bathroom scenes type. Toothpaste, toothbrush, liquid soap, box and something else with […]

[ Vray Tutorial ] - In the 2005 the Nine Inch Nails made a new video: Only. It was a great success, especially among 3d lovers in the world!
Many people like its music, but the 3d lovers like the videoclip because it’s made totally with Vray! Vray Render is the really main actor in this […]

[ Vray Tutorial ] V-ray has various method to control the light in the scene. You can tune the lights and the environement but also you can play with Color Mapping settings.
With Color Mapping we can manage the shadow intensity and the brigtness, so it’s very important to understand perfectly this rollout.
There are different type […]

Vray Training.
It’s no possible to find all for free, sometimes wee need to buy ; ) but it0s important to choose the right products…
VisMasters delivers high quality training to your desktop. Industry experts present carefully developed curriculums to help you achieve your goals. Whether you are seeking to improve a technique or need a […]

Linear workflow: understand it!
Have you ever wondered why your GI renderings start out so dark? Well, in fact they are not so dark. The problem lies with the display device (the CRT or LCD) and that the software is not making adjustments for the gamma that the displays put on our images.
Look at this tutorial […]

VRayFur is a very simple procedural fur plugin. The fur is generated only during render time and is not actually present in the scene.
Have a look here to understand how to set a scene and create many different landscape changings few parameters. Remember that VRayFur will not work with VRayPlane […]

This short tutorial on how to use VRay’s Global Illumination feature will show you one method for creating realistic looking lighting for a scene.
VRay has many features including the ability to to physically accurate full global illumination, advanced material shaders and enhancements for speeding up rendering time.

Global Illumination tutorial

Vray: Caustics or not caustics, that is the question?
If to set a scene with caustic effect+V-ray is so hard it’s better to find some videotutorial that explains us how to do that, isn’t it?
Sometimes I have a look on Tensun blog (sometimes because is totally wrote in chinese!!) and I continue to discover so […]

To obtain a good rendering it’s not just parameters and settings knowledges, but it’s something like the real photo: light composition, shade and scene composition.
So to make a good rendering we have to create a good photographic set and put our object in.
I found a excellent tutorial on cgindia.org: how to make a perfect digital […]

Here the second scene made with Vray sun, this time we have a different atmosphere: the sunset!
It’s very easy to use it, you just need to download it, starting 3d studio max and go testing changing all the parameters with fantasy!
The V-ray parameters aren’t not so different from the last scene, the most important change […]

In the last file I showed you how to set VrayDisplacement to obtain realistic grass or carpets. It’s a good solution for middle camera shots.
But how can do if your grass is really near to the camera? You need more details to obtain a realistic render, so it’s time to use Vray Fur!
if you need […]

Vray displacement is a very helpful modifier if you want to give more realism to your scene creating 3d grasses and carpets. Not just using textures…
VRayDisplacementMod modifier uses an assigned texture to extrude polygons during the rendering, in fact this modifier doesn’t produce effects in the viewports.
For examples to create a good 3d […]

I think Vray sun it’s the most important new feature in vray 1.5 but maybe it’s hard to set at the beginning.
But now your troubles are finished: you can download here my free Vray sun scene already setted. The result you will see clicking on Rendering botton will be the same you see […]

Download V-ray setted scene and just clic render button!
I would to share with you an interior scene, setted for Vray engine render. It works with V-ray 1.47 and V-ray 1.5 too.
My settings is very simple: I used 5 vray lights, one direct light to simule the sun (in this version I don’t use Vray […]

Photoshop tutorial. If you want to render any kind of frosted glass, you have to think about to notable increase of rendering time.
My personal solution is to render “normal” glasses with our render engines, and after abtain any kind of glass playing […]

All of you who spends many time searching tutorials about vray I’m sure you already heared about Joe Pizzini.
In fact, Joe Pizzini, made a very famous tutorial explaining many things and tips about V-Ray.
So, after vray-materials.de it’s time to know vrayelite.com: made by Joe.
Inside you can find exellent tutorials, a glossary, same […]

In this tutorial I mean explain in details the technics I learnt to create a Photorealistic scene. I don’t like you reproduce my technic in the same way, but this tutorial could be a starting point to develope your method… [ read next ]
Software: 3d studio max, vray
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If you want to understand better how to set the new vray plugins: vraysun and vraysky please read the following tutorials. They are in Spanish language but very easy to undestand. There are many images to explain the concepts.

Official examples by Chaosgroup
Vraysun and vraysky settings
Tutorial by Neozenit from 3dsymax.org

Tutorial part 1: Vray sky (Spanish)
Tutorial […]