Thinking @ Speed of Light

I was playing around with DOF(Mental Ray) in 3Ds Max 2013. Here are some sample images that i got:

Trying out nvidia Mental Ray iray. Rendering time: 1:00:00 Simulated using MassFX for 3Ds Max 2013 I like the new iRay rendering engine in 3Ds Max 2013. All you do is set the amount of time you want the render the image for and Ta-Da. Ya it not perfect (some white spots all over the image) but i like it. MassFX is amazing. Super Easy to use and awesome results in very little time.

Undoubtedly the best looking Ferrari in the world. Made in 3Ds Max 2011. Rendering time: 55 mins/per frame @1080p Update : Last 3 images took 9 Hours at 3840x2160 ..

Renders of iPhone 4 made in 3DS Max 2011 using mental ray textures. 

I recently started using 3Ds max 2011 after having used the 2009 version for almost 2 years. The new version has quite a few improvements and i was really impressed with new material editor. It is node based which makes it very easy to operate and use. I also experimented with C.A.T. (Character Animation Tools) for 3Ds Max and it is an absolutely amazing piece of software making character rigging extremely simple to do. I will experiment around with it a bit more before putting up a tutorial on it. Anyway this post is about the Aston Martin DB9 model made in 3Ds Max 2011 :           Size : 2,70,000 faces           Renderer : Mental Ray           System : i7 860 with 4GB RAM           Image Resolution : 3840x2160           Number of Images : 4           Total Time Taken ...

Just to clarify "Ogre-Rig" is not some wired space age monster that lives in the jungle and renders 3D images for fun it is just a normal computer that has been named so as it belongs to a friend Ogre (Mudit Gupta) . Moving on. Here i setup a scene using an earlier made model of a  Ferrari F430 . But this time instead of using a daylight system in 3Ds max i decided to use HDRI with Final Gather to light up the scene.I took me a bit of time to get the settings right and the shadow generation part was really annoying but i finally did it (Will post a tutorial soon explaining how to make your own HDRI image lighting with shadows and what exactly is HDRI ). Note: I downloaded the HDRI images from www.openfootage.net . The specifics of the scene are: Polygons : 202092 Lights : 5 (Ray Traced Shadows) , 1 HDRI Lighting system Image Resolution : 3840x2560 Renderer : Mental Ray 3Ds Max Version : 2011 Image Precision (Anti-aliasing) : High ( Min =1 , Max=16) Final Gather...

Here are some renders of a Ferrari F430 model made and textured by me using 3Ds max 2009 with mental ray. Here is a video of the same model with the color transition done in After Effects CS3.