V-Ray Materials in 3ds Max: Master Realistic Textures Fast

Build a Reusable Library of Photorealistic Materials in V-Ray and 3ds Max in Just 60 Minutes

Created by: Jake Denham BA, MA, Official V-Ray Mentor
Tutorial Creator at Chaos Corona + Official V-Ray Mentor

Created by: Luxury Visuals
Learn 3D

What Will I Learn?

• Create realistic materials from scratch
• Learn the value of systems and how to use them
• Improve your 3D rendering quality
• How to use the material editor
• What is the difference between a material and textures
• Change the number of material slots
• How to show a material or texture in the view port
• How to use the eye dropper tool
• How to make a chrome, chrome matte and brushed chrome material
• How to copy a material
• How to use the Reflective Glossiness
• How to use a noise map
• What is a bump map
• How to make a gold, gold matte and brushed gold material
• How to make plastic materials
• What are Fresnel reflections
• How to color match a material
• Using bump to add texture
• How to create a wood materials
• How to create bump and displacement maps
• How to create glass frosted and colored glass materials
• How to create grass, clay and stone materials
• How to blend together materials
• How to add logos to glass
• Organising your material libraries
• How to use the resource collector

Requirements

• We will be using 3ds Max (2016 and up), Vray and Photoshop.
• A basic understanding of the 3ds Max user interface. If not check out my Introduction To 3ds Max: The Quickest Way
• Experience in 3D Rendering is a bonus but not essential.

Target audience

• Interior Designers, Architects, 3D Generalists
• 3D Visualization Artists, 3D Artists, 3Ds Max Users
• 3D Visualisation Artists
• New and experienced 3ds Max users who want to create photo realistic 3D renderings.