Rendering with mental ray & 3ds Max

Chapter 2

Rendering with Mental Ray Inside 3ds Max

Now it is time to start rendering with mental ray. The easiest way to do this is to use the render presets that are available at the bottom of the Render Scene dialog box. There are three major groups to be discovered there. One is for rendering without any kind of indirect lights, just using mental ray as an alternative render engine. The second main group is for rendering specifically with the mr Daylight system, which uses indirect light rendering techniques. The last one is the hidden line contour rendering preset. The approach shows you how to activate the preset and use it. From there, we will leave the presets and go into detail by using the manual approach, giving you much more information ...