Creating an Exhaust Effect

February 13, 2009 at 1:18 am | 3ds Max, 3ds Max Tutorials, Tutorials | No comments

This is a quick and easy tutorial for creating a cool exhaust effect in 3ds Max. It’s great for using with jet airplanes or other vehicles with jet engines, but it has a variety of other uses as well. To do it, we’ll use a particle system called “Super Spray”. When we’re all done, this is what we’ll get:

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3ds Max Mental Ray Lighting Tutorial

February 1, 2009 at 10:06 pm | 3ds Max, 3ds Max Tutorials, Tutorials | 22 comments

This tutorial will walk you through the basics of setting up an indoor scene and properly lighting it and rendering it with Mental Ray, great for both beginners and intermediate users. Before we jump in, I’d like to note that I am using 3ds Max 2009, but I think most recent versions of the software will have the features I’m using. Here is what the result will look like after all is said and done:

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