Mental Ray Course

1800.00 AED

Course Rating

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Course Overview

Learn about Mental Ray, the render engine of choice for many 3ds Max users. In this course, the trainer covers the basic and intermediate features of this production-proven renderer. The mental ray workflow, Arch & Design materials, lighting tools such as the daylight system and exposure controls, global illumination, and the Unified mode sampling options are all examined. Finally if the class time allows, the trainer covers the creation of render effects such as caustics, depth of field, and motion blur.
This course gives you a fundamental understanding of the tools you are using and also puts you into real-life situations in which you would be required to produce renderings of real-life projects. The trainer’s approach is to go over tasks that an architectural visualization artist would typically find him/herself in. This course is designed for intermediate users or amateur users who are familiar with the 3DS MAX interface. So it is assumed that you already know how to create architectural models, and thus the trainer will not cover modeling with 3DS MAX in this course.

Course Benifits

Topic 1: Getting Started with Mental Ray in 3DS MAX

Important information before we get started
Software driver
Units
An Introduction to the Key Concepts
Shaders
Global Illumination
Final Gather
Photons
Ambient Occlusion

Topic 2: Rendering with Mental Ray inside 3DS MAX

Changing the renderer in 3DS MAX
Indirect Illumination in Mental Ray
Final Gather
Caustics
Global Illumination
Global Illumination + Final Gather
Hidden Lines Contour Rendering
Camera Shaders
Displacement

Topic 3: Lighting in Mental Ray

Introduction to Lighting in 3DS MAX and Mental Ray
Standard Lights
Photometric Lights
Mental Ray‒Specific Light Rollouts and Shaders
Indirect Illumination Rollout
Light Shader Rollout
mr Sky Portal
mr Sun Parameters
mr Sky Parameters

Topic 4: Mental Ray Materials

Introduction to Materials in Mental Ray
ProMaterials and Arch & Design Materials
ProMaterials Ceramic
ProMaterials Concrete
ProMaterials Glazing
ProMaterials Hardwood
ProMaterials Masonry
ProMaterials Metal
ProMaterials Metalic Paint
ProMaterials Mirror
ProMaterials Plastic/Vinyl
ProMaterials Solid Glass
ProMaterials Stone
ProMaterials Wall Paint
ProMaterials Water
ProMaterials Generic

Topic 5: Shaders in Mental Ray

Material‒Related Shaders
DGSM Material Shader
Metal Shader
Car Paint Shader
SSS Physical Shader
Glass Shader
Landscape Shader
Translucency Shader
Bump Shader
Environment Shader
Photon Basic Shader
Water-Related Shaders
Water Surface Shader
Submerge Shader
Wet‒Dry Mixer Shader
Ocean Shader

Course Learning Outcome

Setting mental ray as the render engine
Working with ActiveShade mode
Creating a daylight system
Controlling the mental ray sun and sky
Using Final Gather and photons, both individually and together
Working with diffuse, reflective, translucent, and other materials
Controlling render quality with image sampling
Working with displacement mapping
Using proxies

Course Prerequisites

To ensure your success, you must have a basic understanding of your computer’s operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. Knowledge of Photoshop is an added advantage.