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Baking and Rendering in 3ds max
Thought this thread may be useful to some people who wish to get better bakes/renders in max
Over the years I have experimented with max and have come to a common ground where test settings allow a fast feedback with good enough quality to read errors. The production settings are at a point where if they were increased the result would be almost identical and so are efficient.
Included here are two zip files containing the following;
1. Render presets;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/drkjtwkuztq/Render presets.zip
1x MentalRay - test quality settings
1x MentalRay - production quality settings
1x Scanline - production quality settings
These files should be handy for baking and rendering low and high quality. *Scanline test settings not included as I feel the standard settings are fine for this anyway.
2. MentalRay studio;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yzhz25dfgnm/Mental ray studio.zip
1x MentalRay production quality test scene - midday light settings
1x MentalRay production quality test scene - afternoon light settings
Settings have been extensively tweaked to allow semi-soft shadows and good quality bounced light while maintaining texture clarity. The midday scene shadows are sharper.
*No textures are included but the geometry and full light setup is.
Some renders of the studio here;
Hope these files are useful and if you guys test them please post some results here if you can
GC
Thought this thread may be useful to some people who wish to get better bakes/renders in max
Over the years I have experimented with max and have come to a common ground where test settings allow a fast feedback with good enough quality to read errors. The production settings are at a point where if they were increased the result would be almost identical and so are efficient.
Included here are two zip files containing the following;
1. Render presets;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/drkjtwkuztq/Render presets.zip
1x MentalRay - test quality settings
1x MentalRay - production quality settings
1x Scanline - production quality settings
These files should be handy for baking and rendering low and high quality. *Scanline test settings not included as I feel the standard settings are fine for this anyway.
2. MentalRay studio;
http://www.mediafire.com/file/yzhz25dfgnm/Mental ray studio.zip
1x MentalRay production quality test scene - midday light settings
1x MentalRay production quality test scene - afternoon light settings
Settings have been extensively tweaked to allow semi-soft shadows and good quality bounced light while maintaining texture clarity. The midday scene shadows are sharper.
*No textures are included but the geometry and full light setup is.
Some renders of the studio here;
Hope these files are useful and if you guys test them please post some results here if you can
GC