文档介绍：Jennifer O’ConnorMastering mental ray?SERIOUS Techniques for 3D & CAD ProfessionalsMastering mental ray?Rendering Techniquesfor 3D & CADProfessionalsO’ConnorReduce render times and improve your resultsJennifer O’Connoris an plished visual design artist, instructor, speaker, and expert on mental ray and 3ds Max. She is the founder and President of 4D Artists Inc., a 3D rendering and pany. She is an Adjunct Professor of 3D Rendering, Animation, and Architectural Illustration at the College of Lake County, Illinois. Jennifer has been working with CAD software since 1985 and 3D software since 1992, on projects ranging from museum animations and tropical islands to product a ? nal render for a new product presentation? Trying to ? nish a rush job without sacri? cing quality? If you’re a busy artist seeking high-end results for your game, ? lm, product, architecture, or graphic designs using mental ray, Mastering mental ray is exactly the resource you focused book distills the highly technical nature of mental ray rendering into easy-to-follow steps and tutorials that you can apply immediately to your own projects. Learn valuable techniques for incorporating mental ray into your pipelines—regardless of which 3D animation or CAD software you use—and pelling results.? See how to control and balance lighting with mental ray? Manage maps and materials to reduce memory usage and speed up render times? Queue jobs ef? ciently, using the Batch Render or Backburner render tools ? Master key settings of Final Gather and improve your render quality and speed? Use the advanced global illumination, caustics, photons, and irradiance particles to create indirect illumination? Find instructions and scene ? les for 3ds Max? and 3ds Max Design 2010 and 2011The DVD includes all project ? les from the book’s tutorials, as well as bonus material from Dosch Design and Spheron about Indirect Illumination with Irradiance ParticlesUse Global