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EUE 2010 and more 3ds Max goodness 22 Apr 2010 | 03:21 am
I wanted to make a quick update here to mention a few things that are gearing up now, like EUE2010 & the 20th Anniversary of 3ds Max! Click the read more option for further details.
Arroway Holiday Give Away 13 Dec 2009 | 05:36 pm
Arroway Textures has graciously donated twenty (20) full resolution commercial texture sets to be given out to MrMaterials members. We have taken these texture sets and created materials for Max, Maya...
Projected Caustics 5 Nov 2009 | 09:42 am
In this blog tip I'll demonstrate how you can create some decent looking "fake" volume caustics for your water scenes.
Kelvin controlled sunlight 11 Oct 2009 | 07:23 am
If you've ever wanted different controls on the mrSun, like kelvin settings, then you'll find this tip helpful...well, in certain situations at least. Read on for more info.
HDR Light Studio 1.5 9 Oct 2009 | 12:46 am
I wanted to pass along some information on a program called HDR Light Studio. They have just released a new version of the program (1.5). If you do product/vehicle visualization or any kind of studi...
MrM FAQ 26 Aug 2009 | 02:41 am
Thought I'd try to save some time by providing answers to some of the most commonly asked questions here.
Faster foliage renders 12 Jul 2009 | 07:03 am
Do you frequently use cutout maps for things like leaves on your foliage objects? Have you noticed that the Final Gather calculation can be quite slow when you have a lot of objects that use cutout m...
mrProxy Grass 13 May 2009 | 06:14 am
I've seen some stunning examples of rendered grass created with Vray using grass meshes as proxy objects and then scattering those grass proxy objects around. I tried a similar setup with mental ray ...
Displacement and broken edges 23 Apr 2009 | 04:49 am
I was working on a project where I needed to use some displacement maps on a material. So, I was setting up the material in the matlab for use in my scene when I noticed the tearing edge effect my ma...
Volume Caustic Sample Scenes 13 Apr 2009 | 12:57 am
While working on some content that required me to search through my scene archives I ran across some of my volume caustic scenes. Figured it might be useful to someone out there so I knocked the dust...
