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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 14 - Texturing the Champ Part 2

  

  Part 2 of ‘Texturing the ‘Champ’ has us working on Leather, Chrome, Glossy Metals and Blending masks . Start and End scenes for the module are supplied in the download as well as bitmap textures and a Ton of Reference images for you to work from!

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 13 - Texturing the Champ Part 1

  

  Part 1 of texturing our ‘Champ’ guitar amplifier in a realistic way has us setting up our Leather and Speaker cover materials . Start and End scenes for the module are supplied in the download as well as bitmap textures and a Ton of Reference images for you to work from!

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 12 - Weathered Storm Lantern

  

  This Module takes you from Start to End creating a Weathered Material for our Storm Lantern model. Included is the Max scene used to start the Module. ALSO with this module is the *FREE* Lantern model which can be used without restriction in your own Production work!

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 11 - Fast SSS Material Part 2

  

  In order to have an acceptable level of realism about them, many Materials need to have a ‘Sub Surface’ component added to the creation process. This is the 2nd part of our ‘In Depth’ exploration of the ‘Fast SSS Material’ and its options and Parameters.

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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 10 - Fast SSS Material Part 1

  

  In order to have an acceptable level of realism about them, many Materials need to have a ‘Sub Surface’ component added to the creation process. In this Module we begin exploring Mental Rays ‘Fast SSS Material’ so as to understand its Parameters thoroughly!

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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 9 - Wood Floor Version 1 - Part 2

  

  Custom Diffuse maps, custom displacement maps as well as adding some bump into the equation will all help produce a Wood Floor render that will satisfy the requirements of the most demanding customer. This module covers them all!

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 8 - Wood floor Version 1 - Part 1

  

  Floor Surfaces can present some very uniquechallenges if we want them to be convincing enough to enhance the quality and believability of our Interior Renders. In this module we make a start at creating a variety of believable HardWood Floors.

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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 7 - Water Part 2 - Ocean Lume

  

  Looking at the controls in the Ocean Lume shader will open up a LOT of options for us when it comes to creating the detail and break up found on Water surfaces. Wave sizes, animation motion and looping are all tools available in this very useful shader.

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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 6 - Water Part 1 - Water Basics

  

  Creating Water shaders Might seem to be straightforward! But unless we get the BASICS right we may find ourselves struggling to make something look convincing. This Module focuses on understanding and creating the basics of a Water Material.

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 5 - Cloth version 1

  

  Cloth is Everywhere in the world around us. Carpets, curtains, clothing, furnishings, well you get the picture. No wonder then that cloth Shaders are much requested. Here we look at creating One particular type of cloth, Linen!

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• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 4 - Ice Version 1

  

  Getting a decent looking Ice material can be deceptively difficult, especially when you realise that ice has MANY different looks.
  In this module we focus on getting a good looking, yet reasonably fast rendering Ice material for our collection.

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 2 - UVW Workflow

  

  3Ds Max gives artist numerous tools and workflows that can be followed in order to map and texture objects in a scene. In this module we explain the UVW map set up in our shader series test scene and explain the workflow and benefits that it gives us.

  £5.57

• Mental Ray 'Shader' Series Module 1 - Torn Leather

  

  For the first of our 'Do it Yourself' materials Joel walks us through the creation of a general leather material that has suffered distress in the form of rips or tears.

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