We provide step by step instructions, in an easy to follow, human language.

Screenshots for every step of the tutorial, so you can easily follow along, even without opening 3dsMax.This means that after completing the tutorial, you'll know what your doing, and you will be able to edit any free V-ray material!

Instead of summing up a bunch of settings, we explain everything. In depth information explaining what and why.You can read more about gamma 2.2 setup by clicking here. This requires some work as we need to transfer UVW mapping data, Vray displacement modifiers etc.Īs a final step, we'll go over the process of editing everything so it looks good when you use the gamma 2.2 setup. When we edited the material to our needs, the next step is to apply it to custom objects in the scene. The special Vray blend material is used to blend them together by using a bitmap texture. The chosen Vray material is a mix of 2 materials: gold and wood. The material features Vray displacement, so we'll cover the basics of this nice Vray feature and edit it to our needs. It is important to understand how the material is built, to be able to edit it later on. To ensure much faster render times, we will edit the sample scene from We'll also edit the texture paths and materials so everything looks as intended.Īfter downloading a more interesting material, we'll go over it step by step to see how it has been set up. So they will open fine in any Max version from 2010 up, but you will not be able to open them in older ones! The included max files are all created in 3D Studio Max 2013, but saved as 3D Studio Max 2010 files. You will probably be able to follow along with older versions, but some screenshots may vary, or some settings may be missing or will have a slightly different effect on image quality. This tutorial was created with V-ray version 2.0. This tutorial will also apply to many other free Vray materials you can find online! In this tutorial, we go over the entire process, from downloading the material, to editing and applying it to your own 3D objects.

When searching for free Vray materials, you probably came across this website: It's a good resource for Vray materials, but they usually need some tweaking to get them into your scenes correctly. Tutorial content Words | 3996 3dsMax scene files | 4

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