herdy1212 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Hello all, I'm still very new to 3d max and i'm still learning the ropes with this program. I am currently reading up on forums and tutorials where ever I can and I keep seeing 1 particular word that keeps coming up time and time again...Vray. Is this rendering engine worth getting? I am using 3d max for work purposes and I am trying to learn the best possible paths to take to achieve the realistic look that ive seen time and time again using 3d max. at the moment all im doing is really modeling then adding materials and chucking some lights into the scene and hitting "render". I suppose I am fortunate that with the clients we are dealing with have never really heard of 3d max or even seen what it can do, so they think its amazing when they see that renders that are being produced. Although after seeing what 3d max can really do i just feel there is something that im missing. I'm sure what im posting is very vague and nothing really specific at this point, besides the vray question. Any help ot advice is appreciated. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Vray produces very nice renders, but Max ships with Mental Ray, which in my opinion, is every bit as good as Vray in terms of render quality. But if you're just throwing together a scene and hitting render, then you are probably just using the default Scanline renderer. Try switching to the Mental Ray renderer and play around with it for a while. It can produce very photo-realistic images, once you learn the in's and out's and you know what you're doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matramurena Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Switching to the Mental Ray renderer instead of the Scanline will make your renders way better! Best is to set up your system so that it uses this renderer at all times, because that enables different available materials as well in your material editor. Customize\Customize User Interface\ and then select the left-bottom option, I think it's called something like DesignVIZ or something... While your in that screen you might want to select ame-dark as a default setting as well for a much better looking interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papagyi Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I agree about that ..mental ray can do like as vray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herdy1212 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 cool, thanks guys for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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