V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Essential Training

Course details

Get up and running with the V-Ray 5 rendering engine inside 3ds Max. In this course, instructor Brian Bradley shows how to extend the range of 3ds Max using the many state-of-the-art tools and features found in this, the fifth version of the powerful rendering solution. Brian kicks off the course by covering several new tools included in V-Ray 5, including the Lighting Analysis tool and the Viewport IPR. He then dives into critical V-Ray concepts, including materials, image sampling, maps, and lighting, as well as how to create in-camera effects such as depth of field and motion blur. Brian also shows how to easily add lifelike effects to your 3D models using FX tools such as VRayFur.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Rendering with V-Ray 5
02 - Software versions and exercise files
03 - Working with 3ds Max projects
04 - Fixing asset linking problems
05 - Gamma and unit settings

1. V-Ray 5.1

06 - Introduction and software versions used
07 - Chaos Cosmos asset library
08 - VFB - Pixel-perfect masks
09 - Mat updates - Fog and translucency
10 - Material override updates
11 - Progressive caustics mode
12 - VFB - Separate render channels improvements
13 - The new V-Ray camera lister
14 - Multiple additive dome lights
15 - The Intel denoiser
16 - Render elements - Coat and sheen
17 - Render elements - Ambient occlusion

2. New and Updated - V-Ray 5 Highlights

18 - New Frame Buffer overview
19 - Light mixing - Part 1
20 - Light mixing - Part 2
21 - Color correction and layered compositing
22 - Using the History tool
23 - Interactive lens effects
24 - Asset Browser and Material Library
25 - Material presets and previews
26 - Coat and sheen layers
27 - UVWRandomizer map
28 - Light Path Expressions workflow
29 - ACES primer
30 - Native ACEScg support

3. V-Ray in 3ds Max Primer

31 - V-Ray workflow options
32 - V-Ray in the 3ds Max UI
33 - The V-Ray Toolbar
34 - Outputting images

4. Lighting Scenes with V-Ray

35 - Overview of V-Ray lighting tools
36 - Understanding GI in V-Ray
37 - GI engine - Brute Force
38 - GI engine - IM and LC
39 - Working with Plane and Disc lights
40 - The V-Ray Sun and Sky
41 - IES light
42 - Dome
43 - Mesh light
44 - The V-Ray Light material
45 - The GI environment control

5. Working with V-Ray Materials

46 - Introduction to materials in V-Ray
47 - The V-Ray material
48 - Metal and rough workflow in V-Ray
49 - The alSurface material
50 - Car Paint version 2
51 - The Hair material
52 - The Override material
53 - The VRmat material
54 - The SSS2 material - Part 1
55 - The SSS2 material - Part 2
56 - MDL materials

6. Utilizing V-Ray Map Types

57 - VRmat
58 - The V-Ray Bitmap (formerly V-Ray HDRI)
59 - V-Ray Dirt
60 - V-Ray Triplanar texture
61 - V-Ray Multi Sub texture
62 - V-Ray normal map
63 - Edges texture
64 - Color map
65 - Curvature

7. V-Ray Quality-Control Tools

66 - Image sampling
67 - Using the progressive sampling engine
68 - Working with bucket sampling
69 - The sampling rate element
70 - Using the Denoiser
71 - Fixing super bright sampling problems
72 - Resumable rendering
73 - V-Ray IPR modes - Part 1
74 - V-Ray IPR modes - Part 2

8. V-Ray Physical Camera Model

75 - Physical Camera setup
76 - Physical Camera controls
77 - Point and shoot controls
78 - Creating a motion blur effect
79 - Depth of field
80 - Controlling exposure
81 - Using exposure values in V-Ray
82 - Perspective correction
83 - Rendering panoramas

9. Useful Extras

84 - V-Ray Fur
85 - Caustics
86 - Lighting analysis
87 - Drag and drop assets
88 - Proxies
89 - Instancer
90 - Aerial Perspective effect

Conclusion

91 - Next steps