Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray, 2nd Edition

Harbor scene rendered in daylight

Chapter 4

Rendering in mental ray

4.1 Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn about rendering in mental ray. Specifically, you will learn about:

•   Specific controls related to the mental ray renderer in the Rendered Frame window and Render Setup dialog

•   Material Overrides

•   mr Photographic Exposure Controls

•   Network and Distributed Bucket Rendering

•   Batch Rendering and Using Scene States and Presets

4.2 Rendering

Rendering is a process that you will go through several—if not hundreds—of times while developing an image. Renders are typically performed:

•   During the modeling process to check ...