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Hi I'm a beginner and a little stuck I'v just started the second to last lesson and my render is really dark in comparison to the teacher, I can't work out why this is?
Hi, I watched this video http://vimeo.com/13592039 and I would like to do a similar effect using 3ds Max but I dont know how to do it. Any suggestions? Thank you ;-)
I'm attempting to paint an object in viewport canvas over a bitmap. When I sample a color with the eyedropper, it will show the proper color in the swatch, but when applied to the object, it is several shades darker. I've tried switching materials, to no avail. I'm sampling the object to select the...
Hi All, I've recently watched the 'Intro to Mental Ray in 3ds max' this was a good tutorial to learn some of the finer points of the render engine. However i'm currently struggling with the 'render elements' section. No matter what elements I choose to render out I cannot composite the...
My project consists of a chrome looking pipe with liquid flowing though it. I used a mental ray autodesk preset material to get a chrome look. In material editor I used: Autodesk Material Library>Metal>Steel>Stainless Polished. I need to animate the pipe from opaque to 50% transparent to see the...
To explain I opened a project with a box and ball inside. In the viewport I see the box entirely opaque and cannot see the ball inside. But when I scanline render, the front of the box will always appear transparent and i can see the inside of it. The back of the box is visible and whenever I...
Hi guys, just posting my first thread here at DT... I need a help with my Shadow Maps, actually, there aren't any and that's the problem, only raytraced shadows show up in the render. I'm using 3DS Max 2011 with Mental Ray. Do you guys guess what might be wrong? By the way, how can I apply...
How do I delete a material from the material editor? Not from the "view" screen, but from the scene materials menu on the side of the Slate Material Editor. Thanks.
Hi, I was doing some interior tutorials and faced a problem that I dont know how to make my windows transparent with alphas so i can throw in some backgrounds in Photoshop. I`m randering with vray into png. When I have no glass on the window it`s fine - alpha gets created. But if I`m adding a...
Anyone checked this out? Still in beta after a quick look. Cheers http://www.thearender.com/cms/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YtQgXaAuU-0
I have followed the tutorial automotive modelling and implemented the technique about rendering with hdri in max. I have also watched the maya tutorial about realistic car rendering I can't seem to figure out a way in max to leave similar shadows that are seen in the maya tutorial on a fake plane...
Hi, I seem to be having a problem with Noise not displaying on the engine blades in Max 2013 for this tutorial. The noise map is just not showing up on the blades in the viewport or when I render it but it is showing up on other objects. OK, so I've added a UVW map to the blades now and...
Hi all, Newcomer to 3d modelling, but working my way through it slowly. However have encountered a problem with the pod racer course. The cables are not rendering in viewport. They do render in the renderer. Course: Introduction to 3dsMax 2011 Current Lesson "58. Finishing the cable rig" ...
I am rendering my pod racer with the lesson "35. Adding gradient ramps" I have added my gradient ramp perfectly to the jet engine, when I added my gradient ramp to the cable going from the jet engine to the pod it wouldn't show up. The preview sphere is exactally like I want it, but it will not...
Hi all! I don´t know if you can help me but I'm having a problem when I render a Pin Screen in 3ds Max 2012, some Pins are missing but they are all visible in viewport. Both have 100% multiply. Particle amount is 100000 and I have 2464 Pins. I made the Pin Screen with the Particle System PF...
Hi there! I'm doing the V-Ray-3D Max interior tutorial, and as I try to merge downloaded model into the scene, it appears black or with no textures in view port - depends on the model... Before merge the models into the scene I copied it to the project folder. I chose the V-Ray renderer in...
Hello, i cant seem to get the mental ray render to show up.I have been through all the 3ds max plugin's and even turned them all on. there are mental ray plugins listed though even when enabled i still cant see any mental ray render under my assign render option. By the way I am running a...
I notice that a lot of the newer tutorials require 3ds Max 2013 ( Introduction to Lighting in 3ds Max for example). There must be a lot of subscribers like myself that have 2012 or earlier that would like to use the project files for these new tutorials. I understand that there may be some features...
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