Tag Archives: mental ray
Mastering mental ray
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve completed negotiations with Wiley/Sybex on the production of “Mastering mental ray”, my new book. The book is centered around 3ds Max Design, and includes sections on using and rendering Revit and Inventor models (among … Continue reading
mental ray Training at Flashpoint Academy
I have been hired to provide 10 hours of Lighting, Rendering and mental ray training to the first graduating class of the Game Development department at Flashpoint Academy of Media Arts and Science. www.flashpointacademy.com The training will take place over … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
And happy it is indeed. The book is progrssing well, and I’m up to 117 pages at this point, approximately half way there with lots of work to go. I add to it daily, although some days I have more … Continue reading
www.mentalray4Design.com is live!
The web site for my upcoming book, “mental ray for Design Visualization using 3ds Max Design” is now live. The site contans some bio information on me, and the preliminary Table of Contents of the book. The site is at … Continue reading
New Website for Upcoming mental ray Book
New book for mental ray by Jennifer O’Connor. Continue reading
3December Agenda for December 7th, ’08
Our Largest AAUGA Event of the year will be Sunday December 7th in Downtown Chicago. Once again the kind folks at DePaul University and the College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) have donated their space and time to host … Continue reading
3ds Max Design ‘Daylight’ and Light Analysis White Papers
Autodesk has released two new White Papers on using the Daylight system in mental ray, and using the new Lighting Analysis tools. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=11360846
mental ray Essentials Updated
The “mental ray 101: Essentials” document had been extensively updated and expanded. www.4da-inc.com/mental_ray.html The entire document had been updated with new images and updated content, and considerable content has been added in the area of Final Gather in particular. There … Continue reading
3December Celebration
The annual 3December celebration for the AAUGA group will be on Sunday, December 7th, at the DePaul University ‘CDI’ building downtown Chicago. Along with hosting and coordinating the event, I will be presenting a mental ray training seminar. Watch for … Continue reading
mental ray Training Documents available on-site
mental ray training documents now on-line. Continue reading