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Grab this cool model for free over at turbosquid Made by Turbosquid user PlastyForma Created in 3ds Max 8, has V-Ray materials  

V-Ray 3.0 now supports 3ds Max 2015. This is how much it will cost you:

It's a free upgrade to all current V-Ray customers - get it here: http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/downloads.html From the Chaosgroup site: Modified features: Improved multithreading on multi-core machines; Ability to specify gizmo falloff for VRayEnvironmentFog; Ability to use arbitrary meshes as gizmos for VRayEnvironmentFog; Option to exclude the background from VRayEnvironmentFog; Added CIE sky models to the VRaySun and VRaySky; It is now possible to submit DR servers list for DR through backburner; Added option to not use area speculars in the VRayIES light; Added Kelvin temperature settings for the color of VRayLights; VFB history is now turned off when 3ds Max is in slave mode; Output .vrimg and split channel paths are listed in the Asset Tracker; GI cache files (irradiance maps, light cache etc) are listed in the Asset Tracker. Bug fixes: DR fails with large .max files; Crash with Remove button for gizmos and lights in VRayEnvironmentFog; Crash wi...

This is my 3D interpretation of Zakumi, the 2010 Fifa football world cup mascot. Modelled with 3ds max 2010, rendered with V-Ray 1.5 SP3a

Olivie Charbonneau has posted an excellent tutorial on how to make realistic grass renderings with V-Ray at evermotion.org I am personally using VRayFur to make grass, as in the image below, but I think Olivie's technique looks excellent, especially the little flowers - I must try it!

Autodesk 3ds Max hair and V-Ray test animation from JG3D on Vimeo . This started out as a test of the 3ds Max 2010 built-in hair&fur solution, rendered out with V-Ray SP3a, but I got a bit carried away with the Psytrance audio. (Thank you Mike :)) Movement is very jerky, but it gives me an idea of what is possible. Next I will add motion blur to the hairs... Music by Skazi & 40% - Smells Like Homus Spirit

Chad Smashley made this video explaining how to render out EXRs from 3ds max/VRay and how to use them in Adobe After Effects. Vray EXR Tip from chad smashley on Vimeo .

There is a pretty nice kitchen model available for free at http://3ddb.blogspot.com/2009/10/3d-model-of-kitchen-set.html It is in 3ds max, Lightwave, obj and 3ds file formats and the max version has V-Ray/VRay materials already applied.

Chasing Impala 65 Animation Test01 from oguzormanci on Vimeo . Really well done, animated with 3ds max, Madcar and V-Ray. Buy a real Chev impala here

Here is something new - a maxscript that creates a front end GUI for the VRay physical camera, allowing for faster access to basic controls. Get it here I like how the creator says: " The compass is meant to heighten the geek factor of the script. By 150 % or so". LOL!

MosettiStudios has an interesting tutorial on how to make a Bougainvillea plant using 3ds max, the guruware ivy plugin and vray 1.5 sp3a. Read more here (get the ivy plugin here)

I'm loving this Honda RA-X concept by Xuacu Pérez! It looks like the spawn of an intimate encounter between a 2009 Honda Civic Type-R and a Lotus Exige, with the offspring being put on an intensive workout and training program! It manages to be puposeful, angular, lithe, muscular, distinctive and graceful all at once, a bit like an olympic sprinter or a hot female tennis player...I'm thinking Maria Sharapova, Dominika Cibulkova, Serena Williams, but I digress... Xuacu designed the car in Rhino and used V-Ray for Rhino and Hypershot for the renderings. Check out more of his work here

Autograss is a new plugin for 3ds max and V-Ray that creates photorealistic grass. It looks pretty sweet to me, especially the feature that allows you to manage the RAM usage of your PC. A quote from the Autograss website : " Autograss uses Happy Digital's advanced memory management system. That means Autograss uses only a fixed amount of RAM no matter how much grass is in the scene, whether it's a one-acre lawn or an entire golf course. No crashes, no nonsense. And it's fully multi-threaded, so all your cores are driven to their full potential." Sounds good! LOL@"Happy" Digital :) There are builds for 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design 2008, 2009, and 2010 in 32-bit and 64-bit

Here is a simple video tutorial that I made on making frosted glass with V-Ray and Autodesk 3ds Max. Please note that there are many ways to make frosted glass (sometimes called sandblasted glass), with V-Ray, and this is just one of them! Video tutorial on making frosted glass with V-Ray from JG3D on Vimeo .

Francesco Legrenzi has a great tutorial on his site on how to create 3d clouds using V-Ray. Click here to go to his site and view the tutorial (He's the Italian dude who wrote the excellent book called: "VRay - THE COMPLETE GUIDE". ) VRayEnvironmentFog - Test 01 from Francesco Legrenzi on Vimeo .

A cool 3D animated ocean surface test by Sascha Selent - made with 3ds max and V-Ray: link

Relink bitmaps is a maxscript utility that allows you relink all 3ds max and VRay stuff - it's a bit like the standard 3ds max resource collector - just better! You can donload it for free at Colin Senner's site: http://www.colinsenner.com/scripts/relink-bitmaps The download is free, but if you can, why not give Colin props and make a small donation to help him pay off his student loans? Features: All 3dsmax supported Bitmap Texture types Relinks Mental Ray Proxy files Relinks VRay Proxies (.vrmesh) Relinks VRayHDRI files Relinks IES files (including VRayIES files) Automatically checks for script updates and new versions 250% speed increase from previous versions Command-line mode available for automating repetative tasks (see documentation on the website) Configurable default user options saving button clicks and wasted time

Welcome to this tutorial on making a shadow matte with V-Ray. To complete this tutorial you will need 3DS Max 2008 or newer, with V-Ray 1.5 and Adobe Photoshop. The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to render out a 3D object, with its shadow included in an alpha channel, so that you can composite the 3D object and it's shadow on top of an existing photograph. You will need to download the "vray shadow matte tutorial.rar" file from: http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/473854 In this file you will find two 3ds max files, a background photo and some additional info. Please note that the max file used in this tutorial uses the V-Ray LWF (Linear Work Flow) technique, as described on the chaosgroup forums (www.chaosgroup.com). To use LWF you need to change 3DS Max's Gamma settings - please see the included file called "LWF_gamma_settings.jpg" to see what your settings should be. (You can change the Gamma settings in 3DS Max under:...

Thomas Suurland - one of the pioneers of V-Ray/HDRI automotive renderings has posted these conceptual 3D renderings on his website, www.suurland.com - (Rendered with V-Ray) Fist up we have images of the first Danish supercar, the Zenvo ST1, (7litre V8, 810 kw, 0-100km/h in 3.0 seconds, top speed 375km/h) Next up we have renderings of the beautiful Peugeot 308z concept - a potential Audi TT competitor: