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Simple House Step 3 Mental Ray and The Daylight System

This document provides instructions for setting up mental ray rendering and a daylight system in 3ds Max. It describes removing the default lights and adding a daylight system with a sun and sky component. Exposure control is set to logarithmic and the daylight system is adjusted by spinning hours and months or moving the sun position manually. Rendering with mental ray results in an image composed of "buckets" rather than a straight down render. Advanced glass material settings are also described.

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Simple House Step 3 Mental Ray and The Daylight System

This document provides instructions for setting up mental ray rendering and a daylight system in 3ds Max. It describes removing the default lights and adding a daylight system with a sun and sky component. Exposure control is set to logarithmic and the daylight system is adjusted by spinning hours and months or moving the sun position manually. Rendering with mental ray results in an image composed of "buckets" rather than a straight down render. Advanced glass material settings are also described.

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Simple House Step 3

Mental Ray and the Daylight System


Open simple house 002.max from Step 2. Now, save as the file and add the words mental ray at the end of
the file name: simple house 002 mental ray.max.
We are going to be using an advanced rendering sstem that calculates ambient light, etc. When ou ma!e a
render, it will appear in "buc!ets# instead of the straight down method of the standard renderer.
Assign mental ray as your rendering engine.
$n the %ender Setup &ialog box '%ender(%endering Setup) activate the mental %a renderer in the Assign
Renderer rollout * first, close up the large +ommon rollout to find it.
+hoose mental ra:
,urn on -inal .ather in this tab, if it is not on b default in our version of /ds 0ax:
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Remove the old lights
%emove all the lights in the file b selecting and deleting them. We will be using both a new rendering
sstem and lighting sstem.
Add a Daylight System
Now we are going to set up a different !ind of light.
On the far right of the command panel is the sstems icon. $t loo!s li!e 2 gears.
+lic! on &alight to create a &alight sstem.
$f ou see this 1 depending on our version of 0ax 1 clic! 2es here:
$n the top view draw out this star shape directl over the house.
3ull bac! a "sun.# 2ou might need to do this a few times to get the hang of it.
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,he drawing is ma!ing the compass in the top view 1 the pulling bac! part is positioning the sun 1 that is
easiest in the 3erspective viewport.
$t loo!s li!e this in the front viewport.
$t doesn4t matter how far up the sun is.
3lease note that the &alight Sstem has / parts: the compass, to orient the sstem, a light orange sun for
the primar light source, and a s!light, which provides the !ind of generali5ed bluish light ou pic! up from
the s!.
+hange our Sunlight and S!light in the modifier ta from
Standard to !"S Sun and !"S S#y
'Note 1 $6S Sun(S! and mr Sun(S! are both good, we are learning $6S in this tutorial.)
.o to the main menu( %endering(7dvanced 8ighting or 6xposure +ontrol '&epending on our version of 0ax)
'0ain menu(%endering(6xposure +ontrol in 0ax 2090) * and ma!e these changes:
Set the drop:down to $ogarithmi%
0a!e sure 6xterior &alight is on.
'Note: mr 3hotographic 6xposure control is also good, however here we are learning 8ogarithmic.)
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&he%# out the $ight $ister
,his screen shot is of the 8ight 8ister, found in 0ain 0enu(,ools(8ight 8ister
0a!e a render so ou can evaluate the effects as ou go along.
$f ou don4t li!e the position of our shadows, move them b moving the &alight sstem.
With the Sun(S!light selected, go to the animation tab 'the icon loo!s li!e a wheel)
Spin the hours and month spinners and watch the light move.
Or, change to 0anual, and move the "sun# with the move tool.
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Now render. 2ou should notice the render comes on in little s;uares instead of straight down. ,hese s;uares
are !nown as buc!ets.
,r different views and positioning of the sun and render.
,a!e our time to get a render that optimi5es the model and minimi5es space given to s! and grass.
Optionall, add 76+ trees or other ob<ects.
Advan%ed glass material
8et4s upgrade our .lass material in the material editor:
Select ou material named .lass and hit the Standard button.
Select 7rch = &esign.
&rop down the template and select .lass ,hin Wall. ,his is used to glass made on one polgon thic!ness, not
double paned.
0a!e a text render. $f the reflection is too high, turn it down from 9.0 and ma!e another test render.
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Set up our image si5e in the %ender dialogue to a large si5e as shown.
%ender and save our render as Simple House Daylight with mental ray.'pg.
Open the mental ra render in 3hotoshop and print. >se levels, hue:saturation, or curves if necessar.
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