Mastering mental ray®: Rendering Techniques for 3D & CAD Professionals -- About the Author -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: mental ray Essentials -- mental ray Overview -- Configuring 3ds Max/Design -- Quick-Start Render Settings -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2: Materials and Maps -- Introducing the Slate Material Editor -- Using the Slate Material Editor -- Working with Bitmaps -- Using Bitmaps When Working Remotely -- Working with Materials, Maps, and Colors -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3: Light, Shadow, and Exposure Control -- Using Material Override -- Introducing Exposure Controls -- Working with Light Objects -- Eight Simple Rules for Lighting Your Scene -- Understanding Photometric Lights -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4: Rendering -- Introducing Backburner Network Rendering -- Using Batch Render -- Introducing mental ray Proxy Objects -- Understanding Render Settings -- Accelerating Test Renders -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5: Indirect Illumination and Final Gather -- Defining Direct and Indirect Illumination -- Understanding Indirect Illumination in mental ray -- Understanding Final Gather -- Introducing Final Gather Settings -- Reusing Final Gather and Global Illumination Data -- Adjusting an Object's Final Gather Options -- Producing High-Resolution Images with FG -- Using Daylight and Final Gather -- Producing Animations with Final Gather -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6: Global Illumination and Caustics -- Understanding Global Illumination -- Using Global Illumination -- Defining Caustics -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Importons and Irradiance Particles -- Installing the ctrl.ghost Plug-In -- Introducing Importons -- Introducing Irradiance Particles -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 8: Effects -- Introducing mental ray Lens Shaders -- Understanding Camera Output Shaders.

Understanding Camera Volume Shaders -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 9: mental ray for Architecture -- Using Revit Architecture Models in 3ds Max/Design -- Introducing the Autodesk Exposure Technology -- Using Nonphotorealistic Rendering Techniques -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 10: mental ray for Design -- Creating Render Studios -- Using Render Elements -- Working with Solid Models -- The Bottom Line -- Appendix A: The Bottom Line -- Chapter 1: mental ray Essentials -- Chapter 2: Materials and Maps -- Chapter 3: Light, Shadow, and Exposure Control -- Chapter 4: Rendering -- Chapter 5: Indirect Illumination and Final Gather -- Chapter 6: Global Illumination and Caustics -- Chapter 7: Importons and Irradiance Particles -- Chapter 8: Effects -- Chapter 9: mental ray for Architecture -- Chapter 10: mental ray for Design -- Appendix B: About the Companion DVD -- What You'll Find on the DVD -- System Requirements -- Using the DVD -- Troubleshooting -- Index.