Remember Me

Recent Uploads

Hot Downloads

Most Popular

Home Jeff's Blog
Jeff Patton Blog
Arch-vis interior tips, and Vue7 hits the streets! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Patton   
Wednesday, 05 November 2008 11:23

For some odd reason there seems to be a cloud of mystery around rendering architectural interiors that are illuminated solely by man-made light sources.  I see questions like this posted on forums: "There are many tutorials for interior renderings but they all are daylight scenes.  That doesn't help me if I want to render my scene at night without the sun shining directly into my model."

 
Grass Displacement FAQ PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Patton   
Thursday, 25 September 2008 07:10

Grass thumbnailI frequently receive questions about issues with mental ray displaced grass methods.  In this blog entry I will discuss the most commonly asked questions and offer some insight on displaced grass in 3ds Max & mental ray.

 
Irradiance Particles, HDRs and you PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Patton   
Tuesday, 09 September 2008 00:00

HDR shadow thumbnailEver wanted decent shadows from your image based lighting scenes (HDR)?  Well, it's possible if you use Irradiance Particles in 3ds Max/Design 2009.  Read further to find more information & files.

 
ProMaterials and .png files PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Patton   
Monday, 18 August 2008 06:44
In case you haven't noticed, there's some fairly extensive .mat collections for the ProMaterials available in 3ds Max 2009. I've noticed some of the .PNG texture maps used in these collections act "weird" in 3ds Max 2009 in terms of gamma. I'll show the issue & explain further below.
 
Getting Started Video Tutorial PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Patton   
Wednesday, 13 August 2008 09:36

Here is a quick video to help all those who requested help on getting started. If video does not play on your system you may use the download ling below the media player to obatain the video.

 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > End >>

Page 1 of 6