Wolfman Art - 3DS Max

Create a Vray Light Bitmap Find an HDR Leave it at the default of "Real Pixels" left-click material and drag into one of the slots it'll ask if you want an instance; accept "instance"

Aperture will effect Exposure control in VRay render

Common Tab Under "Time Output", you can select single to render one frame "Range" allows you to do animation Under "Output Size" We select HDTV (video) 1920X1080 for final renders and 480x270 for test renders because it's smaller dimension Vray Tab IPR allows you to render things interactively Image projected on the screen Bucket will render certain sections of the image Progressive will render the image blurry but will get blurry as the image progresses Checkbox "GI environment" allows environment to caast light into the scene GI Tab allows light to bounce around the scene Under primary engine, leave Brute Force off and select light cache for test renders Under "cachece" make sure Subdivs - 1,000 lowers subdivs makes the image grainier; higher subdivs do not when you do a final render, switch Brute force on Render Settings Exposure

Experienced a bug issue with not being able to select individual polygons Freezing/Unfreezing selection helped solve the issue "Frozen objects are similar to hidden objects. Linked, instanced, and referenced objects behave when frozen just as they would if unfrozen. Frozen lights and cameras and any associated viewports continue to work as they normally do."  Display UI Icon Under Display in Command pane l, select the Freeze rollout and select either of the 4 options SOURCE: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/3DSMax-Basics/files/GUID-B6650710-B62B-4BAD-8178-81A12DFB2432-htm.html

We open objects when we want to make edits We close the group when we go back to staying in a group of objects

Selecting Use Working Pivot , we lock our pivot point Unselecting it goes back to normal

right-click and select "object properties" and check box "Freeze" great option for freezing reference images projected onto planes\ "Frozen objects are similar to hidden objects. Linked, instanced, and referenced objects behave when frozen just as they would if unfrozen. Frozen lights and cameras and any associated viewports continue to work as they normally do."  Display UI Icon Under  Display  in  Command pane l, select the  Freeze rollout  and select either of the 4 options SOURCE: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/3DSMax-Basics/files/GUID-B6650710-B62B-4BAD-8178-81A12DFB2432-htm.html

Create a Tube No Width Segments Convert to editable Poly select edges and select ring hit connect; say we want two connected edges and pull them off to the far side of the tube. select an edge in between newly addeed conencted edges and select ring and do this for the other side right-click and convert to face extrude and local normal Inner part of wheel select all faces and select inset polygons to place a face in the center

3DS Max Material Pack (Architecture): https://www.pinterest.com/WDWolfman/3ds-max-material-pack-architecture/ 3DS Max Inetrior Scenes: https://www.pinterest.com/WDWolfman/3ds-max-interior-scenes/ 3DS Max (Medieval https://www.pinterest.com/WDWolfman/3ds-max-material-medieval/

SOURCE: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-424F8886-D39C-433D-A7DE-8ACDBAC0869E-htm.html Substance does not support the Shell Material

Linking Unlinking Use linking to build hierarchy of the parent object by creating children When Animating Objects Use links before animating objects the link constraint allows a link at specific frames SOURCE; https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-4115DE9B-D636-4A42-904E-71259A843E0A-htm.html

When modelling objects like cars when we are creating outlines from blueprints with splines, those planes must be duplicated using the copy method in order to have two separate UV projections. Otherwise, with "instance" they will have the same materials assigned to both.

Vertex mode Cutting through objects with the cut tool Click at the edge of object drag and click for points on the edge loop

When dragging image onto plane for image reference, we usually see more than one image projected on plane You must apply a UVW Map Modifier into your object Under the UVW Map Modifier, un-check Real-World Map Size to Project one instance of image will work

When we get this error message, make sure "view" is selected in the render settings window. Also, make sure it is VRay and "Bucket" for type is selected. Forum Post: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/you-must-have-a-valid-object-selected/td-p/6242993

Right-click any toolbar and select and "layer" select "layer explorer" (icon at the left)