As most of you guys know, I always question guys that use the 3D studio Max program in their respective threads & would like to say a big thanks to them who have helped me, but Im still not getting it right. :bash:
I use Auto CAD to draw the object & try to render it with 3DS release 9.
At first I took it simple with just different materials.
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Then I thought I'd be adventurous & add some lights, but it went horribly wrong.
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Then asked some you guys for advice with the lighting & shadows etc... some one told me to use the Skylight & an Omni light, which worked brilliantly!
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Then I did some changes to the drawing & added a few more things, imported it to 3DS, created all the materials & added to the layers, put in the skylight with the right intensity, & omni light ect.., but all I got was a DARK versoin of the building, I did some changes to the lighting, then I ended up with a black screen. Then I thought I mess around with some settings in the Render Box, with the mental ray high setting, it took about 3 hours to render with 3 different windows opening, 1 showing atmosphere, etc, etc, & all were black!
Then I cancelled that, & tried something else, & it just took forever to render, I left it over night to render, but I checked & the status bar did not move, at first I thought it might have froze, but the PC was fine.
Then I tried rendering somthing esle, & now all the edges seem to be unsmooth.
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Please can some one just give a simple A,B,C of rendering with 3DS, & using lights, also how to set back grounds with the sky etc. Also if I can add other elements to the render such as trees, etc.
Also an estimate on how long your renders take to be done. Its not like my pc is slow, I got a AMD Turion x 2 , 2ghz ; 1,5 gig RAM, & a 512Mb Ati Graphics card.
Please again, your help will be gratefull.
I use Auto CAD to draw the object & try to render it with 3DS release 9.
At first I took it simple with just different materials.
eg:
Then I thought I'd be adventurous & add some lights, but it went horribly wrong.
eg:
Then asked some you guys for advice with the lighting & shadows etc... some one told me to use the Skylight & an Omni light, which worked brilliantly!
eg:
Then I did some changes to the drawing & added a few more things, imported it to 3DS, created all the materials & added to the layers, put in the skylight with the right intensity, & omni light ect.., but all I got was a DARK versoin of the building, I did some changes to the lighting, then I ended up with a black screen. Then I thought I mess around with some settings in the Render Box, with the mental ray high setting, it took about 3 hours to render with 3 different windows opening, 1 showing atmosphere, etc, etc, & all were black!
Then I cancelled that, & tried something else, & it just took forever to render, I left it over night to render, but I checked & the status bar did not move, at first I thought it might have froze, but the PC was fine.
Then I tried rendering somthing esle, & now all the edges seem to be unsmooth.
eg:
Please can some one just give a simple A,B,C of rendering with 3DS, & using lights, also how to set back grounds with the sky etc. Also if I can add other elements to the render such as trees, etc.
Also an estimate on how long your renders take to be done. Its not like my pc is slow, I got a AMD Turion x 2 , 2ghz ; 1,5 gig RAM, & a 512Mb Ati Graphics card.
Please again, your help will be gratefull.