Lighting and Rendering

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Lighting and Rendering

The tutorials in this section relate to different lighting and rendering features that let you produce outstanding images and animations with 3ds Max. You will learn how to use a variety of lighting methods, how to render still images and animation, and how to use three powerful features in mental ray for achieving global illumination.

Features Covered in This Section

Subject and scene illumination using key, fill and back lights.
Shadow creation and definition.
Photometric and standard illumination.
Using daylight systems together with Sky Portal to illuminate a scene.

Tutorials in This Section

Introduction to Lighting

Introduction to Rendering

Rendering with mental ray: Final Gather and Global Illumination

Rendering with mental ray: Sky Portal and Exposure Control