The vray override material is a great way of previewing/checking your lighting even when you are a long way into a project. The scene below uses a homemade dusk HDR skydome and vrayIES internal lights which have a colour temperature of 4500 (6000 in the second image) kelvin. I wanted to check the effect 2 alternative IES web files made to the internal lighting in distribution as well as the fancy patterns on the walls. I find having all the materials a neutral colour really helps in balancing natural & artificial light. To set it up, you first make a mid grey material in the material editor and then drag it into the vray override mtl slot in global switches (in this instance I made a material called '200' which has the rgb values 200,200,200):then you can specify which objects to exclude from the override material (normally glass) in the include/exclude dialog I’ve had a lot of requests for 3Ds Max Cloth tutorials, especially for curtains, so here’s a 30 minute video to get you started.

Cloth Modifier is a very powerful tool, it has endless possibilities! It has only 2 problems:(for some reason it never uses more than 10-20% of my CPU during the calculations) – It’s extremely hard to find good tutorials on it. To use the Cloth effectively, you have to use some imagination. One of the most important things for the Cloth modifier is using helper objects! These are simple 3d objects that you animate or place in strategic positions to move and manipulate the cloth. Once you get an idea how they work, you can try experimenting with different techniques and see the results for yourself. I’ll try to make some more Cloth tutorials in the future! For now – just watch the video ;)/avoid-solve-vray-bugs-artifacts/ I've came up with this method few years ago - till today people bump into "Disco Lights" effects - so here's quick solution that can help you solve this BUGS problem. If you find this useful - share it with your friends :) Post your comments/questions - I'll be more than glad to help!

Talk soon, Alex How To Avoid and Solve VRay Lighting Bugs and Artifacts|VrayARTQuick Photoshop Function that can make bigger change in your 3D render. I do this every time I need to send / or show an image to my boss / client - OR just to get some feedback on my progress. Very IMPORTANT to practice those steps - if you want to calibrate your eye and start seeing natural colors and proper exposure - DO THIS EACH TIME YOU MAKE A RENDER! empa curtains for saleAnd within a month your images will start to have better contrast, balanced lighting and more realistic final result. alvine kvist curtains/color-correction-workflow-photoshop/ If you like this - share it :) sorilla curtainsTalk soon, Alex Quick Color Correction Workflow in Adobe Photoshop|eclipse crinkle blackout energy efficient curtain panel

See allVrayARTPhotoshop Trick that can give amazing look to your Textures! /layer-adjustment-colorization-p…/ I've accidentally bumped into this technique by playing around with Blending Modes in Photoshop, and since then I'm using it quite often! You can use various methods to render out a "clean mask" that will provide you with anti-aliased results - such as Render Mask that I've showed you in previous tutorials. mainstays double swag shower curtain blackUse different blending modes to give more dramatic look to your texture! swish curtain track leicesterShare it with your friends if you do find this useful :) Talk soon, Alex VrayART shared an offer.VrayARTEasy way to duplicate heavy objects and save RAM memory with VRayProxy - in some cases this might even reduce rendering times!

/render-faster-vrayproxy/ Hope you like this one - share it if you do :) Talk soon, Alex Render Faster & Reduce Memory Footprint With VRayProxy|/quick-mask-creation-vraywirecol…/ I know there are few good plugins and other creative ways to produce masks and extract them in photoshop from RGB channels - but for single object I find this method in particular - the fastest way to get Anti-Aliased map. If you like this stuff - go ahead and share it with your friends :) Tanks a bunch for following my videos! Talk soon, Alex Create Quick Mask Layers Using VRayWireColor Element|/create-ies-lights-3ds-max-vray/Create Photometric IES Lights in 3ds Max and VRay|/greeble-sci-fi-cityscapes/ Here's really cool script for generating geometrical blocks that can fill up a whole city. Many creative ideas can be achieved in your futuristic design - completely for FREE! Share it with your friends if you find that useful :) Thanks a bunch Alex FREE PLUGIN GREEBLE - Create Amazing Sci-Fi Designs And Cityscapes|

VrayARTHow Evermotion Post Processes Their Renders In Photoshop? /evermotion-post-processing/ Assemble VRay Passes (Rendering Elements) to get PHOTO-REALISTIC Look! You also download PSD (sample file) from Evermotion website. Try it next time you render an image, post your results on the web to get comments.... **Improve & Become Better! -> Repeat :)** Easy formula, hope you like it. Share it with your friends Talk soon, Alex How Evermotion Post Processes Their Renders In Photoshop|VrayARTHow to add REALISM by using Ambient Occlusion Pass as VRayDirt Smooth secondary bouncing light is the key to get nice soft realistic effect to your materials, such as concrete, stucco walls, leather and wood. Remember GLASS do not have ambient occlusion - unless it's super dirty!... So if you do use that method - do not apply it to glass, it will look weird. Follow this link to get full article - and video tutorial of how you can make your concrete material more PHOTO-Realistic. /vraydirt-ambient-occlusion/ Thanks for watching - share it with your friends :)

Talk soon, Alex How To Add Ambient Occlusion with VRayDirt For PhotoRealistic Materials|VrayARTIf your MATERIALS do not look natural - you need to set proper white balance! GET CONTROL OVER YOUR SCENE COLORS WITH THIS Pro Trick This method being used by professional photographer in order to get natural colors of the ambiance to work well with entire scene illumination and materials. and thanks for watching! Don't forget to share it with your friends on facebook, twitter and google+ Talk soon Alex How To Setup White Balance with VRay Physical Camera|/vray2sidedmtl-leaves-curtains/ That's an easy way to get nice translucent effect without getting long rendering times! I always prefer to use VRay2SidedMtl - instead of Refract function - which can lead to super long times...just keep that in mind while trying to do transparent cloth. Hope you liked it - share it with your friends :) Talk soon Alex How To Create Translucent Leaves and Curtains with VRay2SidedMtl|VrayARTDoes your floor color "Bleeds" and spreads around the room?