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Creating Clouds with Vray Environment fog

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Tutorial by Francesco Legrenzi

One of the most interesting features introduced in V-Ray 1.5 SP3 was VRayEnvironmentFog (VEF). It might look like a simple fog system, similar to the one in 3ds Max, but it’s really more powerful. In fact it can interact with Global Illumination and generate volume caustic effects.

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Testing Glass VRay Materials

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… I made 3 different materials and applied them to the same glass object. The first one has IOR of 1.5 and the second has IOR or 1.7. They both have Fresnel reflections turned on. Now, the third material has no Fresnel reflections, but I lowered the reflectiveness to 50% (gray color, RGB: 128/128/128). Let’s see how that looks like…

Another tutorial on Glass Material and simulating of diamonds’ reflection with Dispersion Parameter

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Glass and liquid rendering in V-ray

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In this tutorial we see how to create the V-Ray Glass anc Liquid Material for own renders. Read this for more info

Motion blur – It’s all about balancing

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Motion blur is the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results when the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single frame, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.

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Rendering and Compositing Jewellery – 3Ds Max Tutorial

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Rendering jewellery can be tricky, especially if you want to have the final result on white, with nice reflections and shadows.
Here is a 3ds max and VRay method you can try!
It uses a couple of tricks or ‘cheats’ to get this result.

See more info here

Daniel Buck – Mitsubishi

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In this time an amazing V-Ray Render signed Daniel Buck, that contributed to realization of important digital movies as: Oblivion, Real Steel, Tron Legacy.

to know more Daniel Buck, read here > Daniel Buck – CG Artist

ST VISION – Interior Render

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An interesting interior render makes by ST VISION.

Modelling: 3ds Max 2010
Rendering: V-Ray 1.50
Post production: PS

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I, pet goat II

A story about the fire at the heart of suffering.
Bringing together dancers, musicians, visual artists and 3d animators, the film takes a critical look at current events. A mysterious figure travels aboard his boat through a dark and desolate landscape in his quest for inner peace.

Main softwares used: Maya, Vray, FumeFX, RealFlow

Procedural V-Ray Sand Material – Javier Pintor

Interesting tutorial how to produce one procedural sand material with V-Ray & 3ds Max.

Watch this video to learn more and read this for other details