Category Archives: Projects

New Renderers – Wow.

Posted on August 11, 2014 by SusanG

I thought, when I first started this project that I had setup the nVidia mental ray renderer to be my default renderer. Apparently I did not. I figured out that I hadn’t when looking at some of the renders I … Continue reading →

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Making a Mess, or Two, and Cleaning Up

Posted on August 8, 2014 by SusanG

You won’t get to see any of the pictures of the mess I made. I didn’t take any. And I’m still trying to figure out how to render the wireframe view of the models. And since to see one of … Continue reading →

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Something to Hold a Candle

Posted on August 1, 2014 by SusanG

I have some dishes, I have a table, I have adjusted the lighting. What next. I’m really developing this concept as I go along. The whole point is to learn how to use 3ds Max. And as useful as following … Continue reading →

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Lights And A Little Fog

Posted on July 25, 2014 by SusanG

As you noticed in the previous post, the light in the scene is pretty harsh. This is the default light that 3ds Max comes with. It’s great because you are guaranteed to see what you modeled but it kind of … Continue reading →

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A Start at Materials

Posted on July 18, 2014 by SusanG

I decided that things were looking a little to plain when I rendered them for review. And, once I stacked the dishes, I was afraid they would be difficult to differentiate. To fix this I decided to add some more … Continue reading →

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