V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Essential Training

Learn the essentials of V-Ray 5, the fifth version of the popular third-party render engine inside 3ds Max

Introduction

• Rendering with V-Ray 5
• Software versions and exercise files
• Working with 3ds Max projects
• Fixing asset linking problems
• Gamma and unit settings

1. V-Ray 5.1

• Introduction and software versions used
• Chaos Cosmos asset library
• VFB: Pixel-perfect masks
• Mat updates: Fog and translucency
• Material override updates
• Progressive caustics mode
• VFB: Separate render channels improvements
• The new V-Ray camera lister
• Multiple additive dome lights
• The Intel denoiser
• Render elements: Coat and sheen
• Render elements: Ambient occlusion

2. New and Updated: V-Ray 5 Highlights

• New Frame Buffer overview
• Light mixing: Part 1
• Light mixing: Part 2
• Color correction and layered compositing
• Using the History tool
• Interactive lens effects
• Asset Browser and Material Library
• Material presets and previews
• Coat and sheen layers
• UVWRandomizer map
• Light Path Expressions workflow
• ACES primer
• Native ACEScg support

3. V-Ray in 3ds Max Primer

• V-Ray workflow options
• V-Ray in the 3ds Max UI
• The V-Ray Toolbar
• Outputting images

4. Lighting Scenes with V-Ray

• Overview of V-Ray lighting tools
• Understanding GI in V-Ray
• GI engine: Brute Force
• GI engine: IM and LC
• Working with Plane and Disc lights
• The V-Ray Sun and Sky
• IES light
• Dome
• Mesh light
• The V-Ray Light material
• The GI environment control

5. Working with V-Ray Materials

• Introduction to materials in V-Ray
• The V-Ray material
• Metal and rough workflow in V-Ray
• The alSurface material
• Car Paint version 2
• The Hair material
• The Override material
• The VRmat material
• The SSS2 material: Part 1
• The SSS2 material: Part 2
• MDL materials

6. Utilizing V-Ray Map Types

• VRmat
• The V-Ray Bitmap (formerly V-Ray HDRI)
• V-Ray Dirt
• V-Ray Triplanar texture
• V-Ray Multi Sub texture
• V-Ray normal map
• Edges texture
• Color map
• Curvature

7. V-Ray Quality-Control Tools

• Image sampling
• Using the progressive sampling engine
• Working with bucket sampling
• The sampling rate element
• Using the Denoiser
• Fixing super bright sampling problems
• Resumable rendering
• V-Ray IPR modes: Part 1
• V-Ray IPR modes: Part 2

8. V-Ray Physical Camera Model

• Physical Camera setup
• Physical Camera controls
• Point and shoot controls
• Creating a motion blur effect
• Depth of field
• Controlling exposure
• Using exposure values in V-Ray
• Perspective correction
• Rendering panoramas

9. Useful Extras

• V-Ray Fur
• Caustics
• Lighting analysis
• Drag and drop assets
• Proxies
• Instancer
• Aerial Perspective effect

Conclusion

• Next steps