Beginner

[Acheng]

Hello everyone,

 

i from indonesia and need some guide on lighting in max. i totally blank about it. i love to model an interior design but when it come to lighting i gonna die.

Regards,

Acheng

[STRAT]

take a quick look here, this will start to help explain things - http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=17960&subsectionid=847&subsubsectionid=763

[Acheng]

thank a lot for the super moderator. hurray!

[Jim Mann]

Acheng,

 

Also worth a look is "Essential CG Lighting Techniques" by Darren Brooker. All the examples and tutorials in the book are generated using Max.

 

Hurray

 

Jim

[bob6060]

Welcome to what I consider the finest such forum in the industry. As another beginner, I think you have taken a big step by connecting with this unique group of professionals.

 

Getting to your question, in my relatively short time with this forum I have been singularly impressed by the tutorials by Montree T. You can find them at:

 

http://www.cgarchitect.com/resources/tutorials/default.asp

 

Good luck,

 

Bob Gerber

Gerber Grafix

[dleon]

I can't say enough good things about the video tutorials on 3dBuzz.com. They are no longer free, precisely, but for a $35 annual membership you can download everything on the site. You can't beat these tutorials with a nuke round. Jason Buzzby is a 3ds Max guy, and his expertise shines through in this presentation. I know the Maya tutorials sucked, but the 3ds Max tutorials are the best I have ever seen.

 

For an entire year I spent $69 a pop on Lightwave training DVDs. I did these for about a year with little success. Using Buzz's tutorials, I advanced further using 3ds Max than I ever did with Lightwave in a megar three weeks.

 

Buzz also has a specific VTM on Lighting theory in 3ds Max. Also you can find 52 audioless video tutorials on how to use V-RAY at Evermotion.org. There is a ton of stuff about lighting in there, especially global illumination.