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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  

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...

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

Alex Roman has created these inspirational, fully CG architectural visualisation videos, using 3dsmax, Vray, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. Very different from the usual arch viz stuff I see, and come to think of it, very different from the arch viz stuff I make :) I like Alex's approach very much - very cinematic. More info can be found at his website: http://www.thirdseventh.com/ T&S Teaser 1 from Alex Roman on Vimeo . T&S Teaser2 from Alex Roman on Vimeo . T&S Teaser 3 from Alex Roman on Vimeo .

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 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 .

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:

Check out this 3D Storm Trooper test by norWIZ - Funny dance but great quality lighting and rendering :) Made with 3ds max 2009 and V-Ray SP3a:

Welcome to this tutorial on making a chrome material and using an HDR image in V-Ray. To complete this tutorial you will need 3DS Max with V-Ray 1.5. Step 1 The first thing we need to do is create an object that we will apply our chrome material to, in my case I made a simple teapot. Add a camera to the scene too. Step 2 Create a normal V-Ray material. (Open up the material editor and change the first material in the material editor to a VrayMtl ). Rename this material "chrome" Step 3 We can leave the Diffuse colour of the chrome material grey, as chrome(chromium) seems to be a steely-grey colour in reality ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium ). It doesn't really matter what colour we make the Diffuse channel though, because we are going to make it so reflective, (in the next step), that it's colour will come from whatever it reflects in the environment around it. Step 4 Change the reflect colour to pure white (maximum reflectivity) Step 5 Change ...

DigitalXModels.com has added some more free 3D models to their website They are samples from their product collections and include this sweet hat, gym machine, garage door, aeron office chair and these napkins too: (The new full product collections are: Medical, Gym Equipment 1, and Gym Equipment 2 at $99 each. They come in various file formats including .max, .3ds, .obj, .fbx and Vray materials for 3ds max are included too)