Tutorials

This page introduces a number of V-Ray for Maya tutorials.

How-To Tutorials

The How-To section offers tutorials suitable for beginners. They guide you through basic options and parameters in order to achieve some common effects.

Glass Make glass with VRayMtl.

Hardwood Floor Make a hardwood floor with VRayMtl.

Paper Lantern Make paper lantern with VRayMtl2Sided.

Translucent Fabric Make translucent fabric with VRayMtl2Sided.

Translucent Plastic Make translucent plastic with VRayFastSSS2.

Water Make water with VRayMtl.

Wax Make wax material with VRayFastSSS2.

Rocks Make rock objects with VRayTriplanarTex.

God Rays Create the "God Rays" effect with Environment fog.

Output UV Pass Output UV Pass via Sampler Info RE

Sand with VRayDecal How to create sand dunes with multiple VRayDecals.

Live Link to Vantage from Different Machine or OS

Short Videos

Utility Texture Tutorials

VRayFurSampler Setup

VRayHairSampler Setup

Color Management How to use Maya's Color Management System with V-Ray.

Rendering Tutorials

Distributed Rendering Set up and render images in V-Ray for Maya with DR.

Resumable Rendering Continue a render with Resumable Rendering.

Universal V-Ray Settings Basic render settings for still images.

Mudbox Vector Displacement Export vector displacement maps from Mudbox and render them in Maya.

Control Shadows via Sampler Info Node

Very Large Images How to render large images with V-Ray.

ZBrush Displacement Render a ZBrush displacement map with V-Ray.

V-Ray Scene Files Export and use V-Ray Scene Files (.vrscene).

Exporting EXR and Deep EXR in One Render

VRayFur Styler Setup

ZBrush Vector Displacement How to export a vector displacement map from ZBrush and render it with V-Ray.

Houdini to Maya Alembic Workflow

ACEScg Workflow

V-Ray Shadow Catcher Create a shadow/matte catcher.

Rendering Refractive Surfaces

USD and MaterialX Tutorials

How to Create Standard Surface Shader in MaterialX Stack

Standard Surface Shader Setup for USD Geometry

Procedural Texture Setup with MaterialX A guide on how to set procedural textures with MaterialX in Maya

Adding Displacement to MtlX Shaders

XGen Tutorials

The XGen Tutorials section contains a number of tutorials for using V-Ray for Maya with XGen. Note that these tutorials pertain specifically to the use of V-Ray with XGen, not the general use of XGen itself.

XGen General Basic information.

XGen Spline Primitives Create and render a grassy surface with XGen and V-Ray for Maya.

XGen Archive Primitives Use instanced objects with XGen and V-Ray for Maya.

XGen Animation & MB Use V-Ray with animated XGen objects and motion blur.