Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray, Second Edition

Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
The Authors......Page 16
Introduction......Page 19
1.2 Preparing the Units in the Scene......Page 21
1.4 Configuring Modifier Sets......Page 22
1.5 mr Proxy Objects......Page 23
2.2 ProMaterials and Arch & Design Materials......Page 37
2.3 ProMaterial Ceramic......Page 38
2.4 ProMaterial Concrete......Page 39
2.5 ProMaterial Glazing......Page 40
2.6 ProMaterial Hardwood......Page 41
2.7 ProMaterial Masonry/CMU......Page 42
2.8 ProMaterial Metal......Page 43
2.9 ProMaterial Metallic Paint......Page 44
2.11 ProMaterial Plastic/Vinyl......Page 45
2.12 ProMaterial Solid Glass......Page 46
2.13 ProMaterial Stone......Page 47
2.14 ProMaterial Wall Paint......Page 48
2.16 ProMaterial Generic......Page 49
Templates......Page 54
Main Material Parameters......Page 55
BRDF......Page 60
Advanced Rendering Options......Page 61
Special-Purpose Maps......Page 63
2.18 Utility Bump Combiner......Page 64
2.19 Ambient/Reflective Occlusion Map......Page 65
2.20 Composite Map......Page 66
3.2 Interior Lighting Concepts with mental ray......Page 69
Basic Group......Page 72
3.5 Parameters in Global Illumination......Page 78
3.7 mr Sky Portal......Page 80
3.8 Exterior Lighting Concepts with mental ray......Page 82
3.9 mr Sun Parameters......Page 83
3.10 mr Sky Parameters......Page 85
4.2 Rendering......Page 89
4.3 Rendered Frame Window......Page 90
4.4 Render Setup Dialog......Page 91
4.5 Exposure Control......Page 92
4.7 Net Render......Page 95
4.8 Distributed Bucket Rendering......Page 100
4.9 Batch Rendering......Page 104
Introduction......Page 111
5.3 Examining the Scene......Page 113
5.4 Working on the First Material......Page 115
5.5 Working on the Sofa Material......Page 119
5.6 Working on the Floor Material......Page 122
5.7 Working on the Glass Material......Page 125
5.8 Working on the Metal Material......Page 129
6.3 Adding Lights to the Night Scene......Page 133
6.4 Using Material Override to Quickly Analyze Lighting......Page 136
6.5 Creating a Glow Material to Illuminate the Scene......Page 139
6.7 Creating a Material for the Ceiling Lights......Page 144
6.8 Creating a Final Render of the Scene......Page 145
Introduction......Page 149
7.2 Units in the Scene......Page 151
7.4 The Main Marble Material......Page 152
7.5 Creating a Satined Metal Material for the Window and Door Frames......Page 157
7.6 Creating a Glass Material for Windows and Doors......Page 158
7.7 Creating a Sky Material for Reflective Planes......Page 159
7.8 Creating a Material for the Ceiling Lights in the Office Building......Page 161
7.9 Creating a Metallic Material for the Stone Wall Details......Page 163
8.3 Adding a Daylight System......Page 167
8.4 Adding the Viewport Background......Page 168
8.5 Matching the Sun Direction......Page 169
8.6 Matching the Sun's Intensity......Page 172
8.7 Matching Material Brightness......Page 173
8.8 Creating the FG Map File to Save Render Time......Page 175
8.9 Working on the Stone Material......Page 177
8.10 Changing the Material for the Door and Window Frames......Page 178
8.11 Adjusting the Building Reflection Materials......Page 181
8.12 Adjusting the Reflective Glass......Page 182
8.13 Adjusting the Tree Material......Page 183
8.14 Adjusting the mr Physical Sky......Page 184
8.15 Setting up the Rendering Settings......Page 186
8.16 Beginning the Photoshop Process......Page 188
8.17 Adding Additional Masks for Foreground Elements......Page 191
8.18 Modifying the Image to See the Entire Building......Page 194
9.2 Gathering Data for the Views......Page 205
9.3 Working with the Survey Data in 3ds Max Design......Page 207
9.4 Accurate Visual Representations......Page 212
Introduction......Page 215
10.3 Working on the Floor Material......Page 217
10.4 Working on the Marble Material......Page 222
10.5 Working on the Metal Material......Page 224
10.6 Creating the Glass Material......Page 226
10.7 Creating a Glow Material for Light Lenses......Page 227
10.8 Materials and mr Proxy Objects......Page 230
11.3 Scene Setup......Page 233
11.4 Creating the Daylight System......Page 234
11.5 Adding Sky Portals to Brighten the Scene......Page 238
11.6 Adding Interior Artificial Lights......Page 241
11.7 Controlling the Brightness of the Image with Exposure Control......Page 246
11.8 Adding Clouds to the Sky Background......Page 247
11.9 Creating a Final Gather Map File......Page 250
11.10 Fine-Tuning Materials......Page 252
11.11 Creating a Final Render......Page 253
Introduction......Page 257
12.2 Controlling the Daylight System......Page 259
Moving the Sun to a Desired Location......Page 262
12.4 The mr Physical Sky Shader......Page 264
Sun Disk Appearance Group......Page 265
Horizon and Ground Group......Page 268
Non-Physical Tuning Group......Page 271
12.5 Creating Camera Haze......Page 274
12.6 Using a Bitmap Background in mr Physical Sky......Page 276
mr Sky Parameters......Page 279
CIE......Page 280
B......Page 281
C......Page 282
D......Page 283
F......Page 284
G......Page 285
I......Page 286
M......Page 287
P......Page 290
R......Page 291
S......Page 292
T......Page 294
W......Page 295
Z......Page 296