Maya 8 and up maya 2008 required for project files. However i only explain the basics and dont go too deep into how they work i hope you learn some. Mental ray and iray renderers missing in 3ds max 2017. Global illumination with the mental ray renderer 3ds max 2017. In this course, brian bradley covers the basic and notsobasic features of this productionproven renderer. Although we have, up to this point, in our exercise,run through some essential scene setup and haveeven enabled caustic generation in our scene,we arent currently, if i go ahead and take a render here,getting any caustic showing up. Light caustics are light shapes created on the floor when ligh passes through certain glass objects such as a drinking glass. Ray tracing cant generate accurate caustics, and they arent.
Beautiful underwater scene with moving caustics, underwater plants and starfish. Caustic optics, the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object, or the projection of that envelope of rays on another surface. Mrmaterials finalrender and mental ray materials repository. In this weekend video i explain how to caustics works in 3ds max s mental ray renderer.
Before you read this post, you might want to take a look at 3ds max mental ray. To reduce finalgather flicker, set a value greater than 0 for interpolate over n frames. For the most part, the mental ray renderer treats 3ds max maps and materials the same way the default scanline renderer does. Realistic glass rendering using mental ray web two club. Faustics works with 3ds max s default scanline renderer as well as mental ray. Global illumination together 6m rendering displacement maps in mental ray 14m imagebased lighting in 3ds max 15m rendering caustic light patterns in 3ds max 15m using the material editor to control photon appearance. We are going to create this effect in 3d studio max by using the mental ray renderer and the mental ray. Meet mental ray, the render engine of choice for many 3ds max users. As far i remember, the caustics in mental ray are enabled in the objects that are going to produce caustics and of course in the mental ray setup. This time we will learn how to set the caustic effect in mentalray for maya.
To calculate caustics, the mental ray renderer uses the photon map technique. As of now rebusfarm supports nvidia mental ray for 3ds max 2018. We can simulate this effect with autodesk 3d studio max perfectly. Compared to the default 3ds max scanline renderer, the mental ray renderer relieves you of the need to simulate complex lighting effects by hand or by generating a radiosity solution. Maxscene file 3d max 2009 without the water falls objectcan be downloaded here. Differences between the mental ray renderer and the default scanline renderer.
The settings for generating and receiving caustics are on the object properties dialog mental ray panel. Ray tracing cant generate accurate caustics, and they arent provided by the default scanline renderer. Start specifies the distance, in 3ds max units, at which rays begin. In addition, should these plugins be installed for one copy of 3ds max but not for another located within the same network render farm, backburner will fail and the job will not render. This method is much faster and produce fewer display artifacts then the equivalent renderscenedialog method. However it updates only mental ray parameters, thus having no effect on the common tab of the render dialog. Turning this on is an easy way to ensure that caustics. Note the photon map controls found on this rollout in releases prior to 3ds max 2010, are now on the reuse fg and gi caching. Caustics and global illumination rollout mental ray renderer. This tutorial will show you how to set up a scene to create a waterbox to check caustic lighting for watery effects.
An image rendered using mental ray which demonstrates global illumination, photon maps. To have a blue colour illumination under water, the water material should have a blue colour in diffuse and transparency. The content provided is not to be redistributed without written consent. Rightclick and choose properties, then on the mental ray panel of the object properties dialog, turn on generate caustics. Rendering caustics using mental ray in autodesk maya duration. Caustic lighting effects 3ds max 2016 autodesk knowledge. The only way to make objects produce caustics in the scene is enabling the. This tutorial about caustics will work only if you enable mental ray. Following are some basic rules of thumb for using mental ray in 3ds max. There is a free 3ds max trial version to try out see the 3ds max download below. Caustics are really great light effects that can be observed in liquids, glass objects and gems.
Find out how to get set up to work from home or anywhere. Caustics through mental ray by mario malagrino, italy caustics are really great light effects that you can observe in liquids, glass objects and gems. The mental ray renderer is optimized to use multiple processors and to take advantage of incremental changes for efficient. These effects are visible only when you use the mental ray. The mental ray connection rollout is available for all types of materials except the multisubobject material and most of the mental ray materials themselves for which it would be redundant. Section b autodesk materials 3ds max comes with three types of mental ray materials. Although the mental ray renderer is relatively easy to use once youve set it up correctly, there are several gotchas that you might encounter immediately, especially if youre primarily accustomed to the 3ds max scanline renderer and its workflow. All the mentioned programs and engines are great but only 3ds max with mental ray. Caustics through mental ray in 3ds max cgcreativeshop. Vray, mental ray, maxwell, brazil are rendering engines.
If you think this value might have changed for the objects you want to receive caustics, use those objects object properties dialog to make sure receive caustics. You can have more than one caustic source and you can also include only those scene objects in it that need to receive the caustics. Can i do my renders with caustics or other greats renders just with the default assigned render. Mental ray stylized as mental ray is a productionquality rendering application developed by. We are able to simulate this effect with 3d studio max perfectly. This awesome piece of software consists of 3d modeling design, realistic animation, and renders of 3d models. With this rollout you can add mental ray shading to conventional 3ds max materials. Stop specifies the maximum length, in 3ds max units, of a light ray. Final gathering fg rollout mental ray renderer 3ds. Mode group mode dropdown list choose the method by which 3ds max generates the cache files. Creating light caustics using mental ray in 3d studio max. In this weekend video i explain how to caustics works in 3ds maxs mental ray renderer. In 3ds max 2017, these render engines are plugins that must be checked as an option upon installation. If you think this value might have changed for the objects you want to receive caustics, use those objects object properties dialog to make sure receive caustics is turned on.
So in this video i go over rendering caustics in 3ds max. These can be standalone software but mostly these are used by the visualization programs like a plugin. This tutorial will show you how to use the settings for caustic lights in mental ray. For example, see 3ds max materials in mental ray renderings. Beginners guide to mental ray and autodesk materials in. Hi there, i have some questions about renders in 3ds max. This is a small section explaining my exploration into recreating caustics using mental ray.
Jan 22, 2014 creating light caustics using mental ray in 3d studio max. Mental ray and iray are no longer builtin renderers. Single file only best for walkthrough and stills creates one fgm file that contains all. Two versions are provided, maya 2009 maya software render setup 960540, maya 20 mental ray. Classification of gi methods vray next for 3ds max. In the tutorial were going to visit on the caustics well see how to activate this realistic effect with the mental ray. The mental ray renderer from nvidia is a generalpurpose renderer.
This tutorial will show you how to use mental ray to create realistic glass rendering quickly, with additional caustics lighting effect if you dont familiar with mental ray, read this tutorial, you will see how quick and easy to use mental ray. However i only explain the basics and dont go too deep into how they work i hope you learn some thing here. You can use this value to exclude geometry that is too close to the light source. Note in order to render global illumination in mental ray.