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Of the many books available on using mental ray and 3ds max and this one is the best to begin with. The author helps you to understand the process of using mental ray with 3ds Max, elucidating and illustrating in the book what you’ll witness on your own computer. The set up of a 3d rendering using mental ray is not tricky, but its settings can appear intimidating to both the beginner and the more experienced user. Joep goes all the way through all of mental ray’s most important settings in order to set up a 3d rendering. Additionally, he explains how to use Final Gather alone or in tandem with Global Illumination to attain best results. This is something that not many 3D authors do in the same profound way, if at all. He also explains what each significant mental ray setting means and how tiny changes to them influence your 3ds Max scenes. Available from Amazon.com

As the very extensively used 3D animation software in the globe, 3ds Max 9 is competent of creating dazzling visual effects for a wide variety of needs. It can be used to generate effects for the whole lot from video games and feature films to 3d architectural renderings, walkthroughs and mechanical designs. Within 3ds Max 2009 Essential Training, instructor Steve Nelle provides a methodical beginning to the principles of 3D modeling, while also giving out realistic techniques that experienced users can relate to their own workflows. Steve establishes the values and best practices of the 3D production process, introduces the 3ds Max 9 interface, and explores modeling in detail. He also demonstrates how to create and transform primitive objects, use precise modeling techniques, work at the sub-object level, and apply a variety of modifiers in 3ds Max 9. Example files accompany the course at every instant in the 3ds Max 9 tutorial. For more on this wonderful 3ds Max tutorial, go to Lynda.com

This is both a general guide for understanding 3D computer graphics as well as a specific guide for learning the fundamentals of Autodesk Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering. Each chapter first presents an initial concept, which details a proven method, before providing hands-on tutorials and projects. This approach details how and why animation techniques work and explains how to use Autodesk Maya for creating sophisticated, state-of-the-art animations. The author distills real-world experience into helpful hints and step-by-step guides for common tasks. An accompanying CD-ROM includes practice animations, case studies and additional methods. This 3D Maya Book is available from Amazon.com

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Chaosgroup the makers of the popular 3d plugin Vray which is so popular among 3d artists anounce their latest release of Vray for Autodesk Maya the 3d program which is versatile for 3d rendering and animation. VRay for Maya Demo 0.8522 is available for download from Chosgroup website. Limitations: maximum resolution 600×450; maximum 5 light and  maximum 200 objects.

To know more and for free download of the Vray demo go here

Vray is a very versatile 3d rendering engine for 3ds max. In a particular 3d scene there are various methods to change the lights with the help of Vray. You can tune the lights and the environement but also you can play with Color Mapping settings. This free Vray  3d tutorial is brought to you by Cg-blog.com and can be seen here

Unleash your creativity and the power of 3ds max to model and render amazing 3d furniture. This free 3d tutorial shows you how to model a 3d bed and 3d bderoom suite with all 3d furniute to bring on a realistic 3d rendering. Learn this free 3d tutorial and you will be on your way to be a 3ds max pro. THis free 3d tutorial is from 3dsmaxresources.com and you can learn it here

VENTUZ 2008 is available for free download. The Ventuz 2008 core has been completely recoded from the ground up and is now based on Microsoft .NET 3.0 to provide a future proof base and full compatibility with Microsoft Windows Vista. The team developed a complete new font engine to produce more text excitement for the customers.

Ventuz 2008 is a free 3d rendering framework which has a completely new user interface with four new visual styles and a faster and more precise window docking manager for increased GUI layout control. All Editions of Ventuz are now conveniently bundled in one setup file including all installation pre-requisites. These and several more new features are now available with Ventuz 2008

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