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Master Zap created a wonderful tutorial to render Diamonds and Gemstones using 3ds max and Mental Ray Rendering engine. Rendering Diamonds is rather a complex process and setting up the materials and proper lighting tips are necessary. Master Zap has explained a very detailed step by step tutorial on creating hyper realistic results. You can closely see how the light dispersion in the diamond too has been taken care of in the rendering.
3D Building Generator is a procedural building generator maxscript for 3ds Max. The script will work in 3ds Max 9 and above. The Building generator is a varieties of options to generate all sorts of 3d building and you can easily generate a 3D City of your own. With Building generator you can create windows, air conditioners, balconies with railing and much more.
A great video tutorial of Making a Sofa by Artist Mahmoud Keshta in 3ds max 2009. This tutorial is divided in two parts and the total length of this video tutorial (without sound) is 70 minutes. This will explain you how you can model this stylish modern leather sofa inside 3ds max. This is very detailed and step by step shown video tutorial which will explain you everything without the need of sound.
Juan has created a tutorial outlining all of the steps he used to create his award winning image from this year’s CGarchitect 3D Awards competition. A PDF has been attached to this post. Please remember that you’ll need to be registered on the forums and logged in to download it.
Axyz Designs released its new version of 10 3D CARs ready to use in 3ds max which includes materials for Vray and Mental Ray. Each 3D Car contains 15,000 polys approx and which can be altered using the TurboSmooth Modifier. All the 3D Cars are available in 3DS Max 9 + VRay. 3DS Max 2009 + Mental Ray and Mr Proxies included!
Here is a Fantastic tutorial on how to create the mummy returns kind of effect using 3ds max’s Particle system. A very in depth detailed tutorial by Paul who has explained every bit of creating this stunning effect in 3ds max. For those who are not well versed with 3ds max’s Particle Flow .. then you do need to check out this tutorial. Together with Particle system you can note how neatly paul managed to get the clean transition with the Gradient Material ..its really something to be watched.
CGArena released its new downloadable version of its CG Magazine Aug-Sept 09 Issue. The CGArena Magazine covers
* Interview with Marta Dahlig
* Photoshop: Making of Radhey Shyam
* ZBrush: Making of DinoMonster
* 3ds Max: The Dreams of a Street Cat
* Painter: Making of a Magic Warrior
* Gallery – Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art
E-on is proud to announce the winners of the Vue 3D Environment Competition 2009.
Vue 3D is a state of Art 3D Scenery developing application which allows you to create stunning realistic environments. E-on thanks the judges for their dedication and enlightening comments, the Cornucopia3D staff for their invaluable help, and of course, all 457 participants. Congratulations to the winners for their truly superb works!
1st Prize : Seychelles by Marcus Thim 
Wild Thing 2009 by AlienskinsStudio (Martin J. Birk)
Storm brewing at Emerald Bay by jjordache (Ionut Iordache)
The Indigo 2.0 series has been in Beta for the last 3 months, and has recently reached a point of sufficient stability to be released as a ’stable’ version. Indigo 2.0 is the first commercial version of Indigo, and represents the latest results from over 5 years of development.
The Indigo graphical user interface (GUI) has been rewritten to improve power and ease of use. Interactive tone mapping, layer blending etc.. is now possible with the GUI. Major new Indigo features include motion blur, easy network rendering with a customised render node GUI, and full Unicode support. Sub-surface scattering has been sped up, and aperture diffraction (glare) has been improved.
VRayScatter 2.5.5. Now there is a unique possibility to create even more complicated and realistic scenes and the process is as easy as never before. Intuitively simple interface, rich possibilities and excellent results, VRayScatter offers an amazing flexibility of control. A new generation algorithm has been developed as well as many new features are now available:
- Collision object
- Regular structures with easy control by UVW mapping
- Along the spline distribution
Scattering inside/outside splines
Contrast option in VRayScatter texture
Camera clipping
Offset scattering from splines and geometry edges
Custom behavior at the splines and geometry edges
3ds Max 2010 Support
Asset Tracking connection
Most of VRayScatter settings animatable
