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

A harbor scene rendered at dusk

Chapter 12

Working with the mr Physical Sky Shader

12.1 Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn about enhancing the exterior environment through the use of the third component of the daylight system, mr Physical Sky. mr Physical Sky is an environment map that you find in the Environment and Effects dialog and is automatically inserted as the Environment Map when you chose mr Physical Sky when the Daylight System was created. In this chapter, you will learn how to:

•   Render a disk of the sun or moon using mr Physical Sky

•   Adjust the parameters that affect the appearance of this disk element

•   Create camera ...