Rendering Tutorials

These tutorials show the basics of working with V-Ray and are suitable for the following learning levels: BEGINNERINTERMEDIATE

Universal V-Ray Settings V-Ray settings that work well with still images

Interior Render Settings General guidelines for rendering an interior scene

Rendering Specific Objects with Render Mask How to render only certain objects

Rendering Very Large Images Tutorial on rendering large images with V-Ray

Rendering with V-Ray GPU directly to VR Headsets How to setup V-Ray to view renders through VR headsets

Continue a Render with Resumable Rendering A tutorial on V-Ray Resumable Rendering feature

Using Custom Attributes to Match Proxy and Material Shows the flexibility of VRayProxy and VRaySwitchMtl when working with user defined attributes.

Setting Different Environment Priorities to Env Maps Tutorial for rendering, using the Environment Priority settings

Creating God Rays Effect Tutorial for using VRayEnvironmentFog for creating God Rays Effect

V-Ray Shadow Catcher The steps to create a shadow/matte catcher

Shading Tutorials

The Shading tutorials show how to create some commonly used materials and textures. These tutorials are suitable for the following learning levels: BEGINNERINTERMEDIATE

How to Make Glass The steps of creating a glass material with V-Ray

How to Make Water How to create a water material with VRayMtlith V-Ray

How to Make Paper How to create paper objects with VRay2SidedMtl

How to Make Hardwood Floor How to make a hardwood floor with VRayMtl

How to Make Translucent Fabric How to create realistic translucent fabric with VRay2SidedMtl

How to Make Translucent Plasitc Steps to create translucent plastic material using VRayFastSSS2

Creating Snow with VRayStochasticFlakesMtl How to use VRayStochasticFlakesMtl

VRayHairInfoTex Setup How to use Hair Information Map with VRayHairNextMtl and hair geometry out of the Ornatrix Plugin

Creating Car Paint with VRayStochasticFlakesMtl How to use VRayStochasticFlakesMtl

How to Make Rocks with VRayTriplanarTex The easiest way to create rock objects with VRayTriplanarTex texture

How to Мake Gemstone Figurine How to Мake Gemstone Figurine with VRayMtl’s Translucency

How to Мake Leaves Two workflows for creating leaves

3rd Party Integrations

The following tutorials show V-Ray workflows with various 3rd party integrations. They are suitable for the following learning levels: INTERMEDIATEADVANCED

Rendering Mudbox Vector Displacement How to use a Mudbox texture for displacement in V-Ray

Rendering ZBrush Displacement How to render a ZBrush displacement map with V-Ray

Rendering PTex Textures from Mudbox How to use the V-Ray Ptex Map to render Mudbox PTex textures

Render Vector Displacement with Object-Space PTex Tutorial on rendering vector displacement using PTex Textures

Rendering MDL Textures from Substance Designer Using the V-Ray MDL Material to render Substance Designer MDL outputs

Houdini to 3ds Max Alembic Workflow Exporting Alembic files from Houdini and rendering them in 3ds Max using V-Ray

Houdini to 3ds Max Open VDB workflow Exporting Open VDB caches from Houdini and rendering them in 3ds Max using V-Ray