Create a Studio Using 3Ds Max

My newest tutorial on my youtube channel.

Learn how to setup a studio, to take photos in 3Ds Max, Just like all the thumbnails I use in my videos.

I hope you like it 

(Click here to see the full tutorial) 

3Ds Max Materials

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This tutorial is all about creating materials in V-ray. It's quite basic, but even for experienced users there might be some useful tips and tricks.

I am using Vray 3.0 but you should be able to follow along with any older version.



and check out this lesson on how to create a glass material, step by step :)
Link

In this Lesson we're going to Explain the material editor, and create a white wall material.

Start by creating a Vray material. Click on standard, this will open a new window, called the Material/Map browser. Select Vray mtl and Ok.

You will notice that the material already changed to a slightly darker color.   

   

    

The diffuse color of a material is the color that appears under diffuse, or scattered light. It is what we usually think of as “the” color of a material, and what you will set first, when you create a basic material.

Create a tea pot from the extended primitives menu. And now on the Slate Material Editor toolbar, click   (Assign Material to Selection). In the viewport, the tea pot will turn grey.

Change the color of the diffuse slot to Red (RGB 209, 8, 8).

Roughness

This example demonstrates the effect of the Roughness parameter. Note how as the Roughness increases, the materials appears more "flat" and dusty.

Roughness = 0.0                       Roughness = 0.8

Reflect/ Refract

The Reflect/Refract produces a reflective or refractive surface. For example, to make the tea pot reflective we will assign a lighter shade of grey (RGB 208, 208, 208) as its reflection, you will notice the material became reflective.

And change the color of the refract slot to the same shade of red we chose, just copy the color and paste it on the refract slot, and you will now notice the material refracts light in the assigned red color.

The material now is a basic glass material, in a shade of red. (you can check out how to create a glass material on this Link)

For clear, fairly strong reflections, keep Reflection Glossiness at 1.0. And For slightly blurry but strong reflections, set a lower Reflection Glossiness value.

Reflection Glossiness = 1.0     Reflection Glossiness = 1.0     Reflection Glossiness at 0.8

Refraction Glossiness = 1.0     Refraction Glossiness = 0.8     Refraction Glossiness at 0.8

IOR

For objects that are not dielectric, you may keep the IOR as it is, but when creating dielectric objects the IOR can change,( eg: The IOR of standard glass is 1.5, and the IOR for water is 1.33).

This example demonstrates the effect of the Fresnel option. Note how the strength of the reflection varies with the IOR of the material.

This example demonstrates the effect of the IOR. Note how light bends more as the IOR deviates from 1.0.

IOR = 1.6                                   IOR = 1.5                                  IOR = 1.3

Subdivs 

Subdivs (Subdivisions): A subdivision surface is a polygon mesh that has been divided into more faces while retaining the object's general shape. Increasing the subdivs helps you render the material a lot more clearly if needed, such as in glass materials and other reflective/refractive materials.

Fog color, is the color you choose to give the material a tint of it. When decreasing the multiplier the effect of the fog color decreases as well. And for better results use fog bias.

Max Depth

The max depth setting for both reflections and refractions. To speed up calculations, you can control the depth of reflections and refractions that will be calculated by Vray. Usually 5 is enough.

BRDF Type

The BRDF types determine the type of the highlights and glossy reflections for a material. You would use Ward for metals such as stainless steel. Blinn and Phong for plastics and none metals and Blinn for chrome materials. Calculation speeds do vary for each type. Phong is fastest, followed by Blinn, and then Ward.

Soften

You can control the blending between the light and dark areas within the specular reflection.

Fix dark glossy edges

Unwanted dark edges may appear, use this to eliminate them.

This is where we end our Lesson and in the next lesson we will create the wall material.

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