V-Ray Production

Lecture

• This lesson gives a basic overview of the ways we can work with V-Ray Production
• You can start with discussing the overall concept V-Ray Production
  • VFB and Render settings
  • Designed to produce photorealistic results
  • Introduces many different tools in 3ds Max: materials, textures, effects etc.
• Next you can move into the two different modes in which V-Ray Production operates:
  • Bucket Rendering
  • Progressive Rendering
  • You can talk about the pros and cons of each
• Next you can speak about how both modes operate inside the V-Ray Frame Buffer when options like Render region and Track mouse while rendering are enabled
• Next you can discuss the Render Mask functionality and how and when it can be useful
• Finally spend some time discussing on how to render animations when using each of the two modes of rendering

Demonstration

• In this cycle, you are going to demonstrate the topics covered in the lecture using either the scene we provided or your own scene
• You can use the provided handout as a guideline or perform your own demonstration.

Activity

• In this cycle, you are going to let your students experiment with the provided scene. You may want to give them the provided handout to use as a guideline