In this tutorial, Ryan Kingslien takes you through the techniques he uses for achieving photo-real renders of digital sculptures. He shows you how to create a setup for rendering your Maya or ZBrush sculptures, allowing you to both analyze and present your digital sculptures in more realistic lighting. Using Maya and Mental Ray, he covers, setting up your scene, lights and camera, as well as creating a clay material, using depth of field, and improving the quality of your render without slowing it down.

Maxwell Render Nextlimit company is an independent system of visualization of three dimensional objects, which is based on the principle of no assumptions . That is, it is based on the physical properties of light and surfaces. Since the program uses the equation of the wave theory of light, it allows to visualize three dimensional scenes with unprecedented quality. The system is completely reproduces the wave properties of light that makes it easy to reproduce many physical phenomena, such as expansion of the light spectrum after passing through a prism. Sam visualizer expects this behavior of light, without forcing the user to resort to various tricks and tactics.[/center]

New Features
• STACKED LAYERS
Materials can now be stacked on top of each other, much like layers in a photo editing application. Each layer can hold a number
of components and an opacity mask can be used to determine the infuence of each layer. The stacked layers system makes it
much easier to create extremely complex materials and materials that were simple impossible to create in V1.7.