INSIDE 3DS MAX® 7 [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Chapter 5. What's New in Rendering

By Daniel Manahan

The last few years have seen major advances in rendering techniques, driven by the need for ever more detailed CG images that can't be distinguished from reality. 3ds max 7 now has improved versions of the mental ray and scanline radiosity rendering engines, with particular advances in the areas of precision lighting and accurate shadows, so essential to realistic rendering.

In this chapter, you will explore 3ds max 7 rendering and speed enhancements that make setting up final scenes more efficient, including:

• Photometric Lights: Preset Lights

• mental ray Shadow Map Rollout

• Render Shortcuts Toolbar

• Renderable Spline Modifier

• Motion Blur for Lights and Cameras

• Assign Vertex Colors Utility