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Table of Contents

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.

 

 

How to Make Glass How to make glass with VRayMtl

 

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

 

How to Make Paper Lantern How to make paper lantern with VRayMtl2Sided

 

How to Make Translucent Fabric How to makemake translucent fabric with VRayMtl2Sided

 

 

How to Make Translucent Plastic How to create translucent plastic using the V-Ray Fast SSS2 material

 

How to Make Water How to create water using VRayMtl  

 

How to Make Wax How to make wax material with VRayFastSSS2

 

 

 


Utility Texture Tutorials

 

Fur Sampler Texture Setup A standard setup for the VRayFurSampler node for adding variation to a fur system

 

Hair Sampler Texture Setup A standard setup for the VRayHairSampler node for adding variation to a hair system

 

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

 

 

 

Rendering Tutorials

 

Using Distributed Rendering in V-Ray for Maya How to set up and render images in V-Ray for Maya with DR (Distributed Rendering)

 

Continue a render with Resumable Rendering Some details on using V-Ray's Resumable Rendering feature

 

Universal V-Ray Settings Covers basic render settings that work well with most still images

 

 

 

Rendering Mudbox Vector Displacement with V-Ray Demonstrates how to export vector displacement maps from Mudbox and render them in Maya

 

Rendering Refractive Surfaces Techniques for rendering refractive surfaces in contact with each other, such as a liquid inside a glass  

 

Controlling Shadows Using the Sampler Info Node A guide on using the Maya Sampler Info node with additional V-Ray Attributes to control what items receive shadows  

 

 

 

Rendering Very Large Images Skip to end of metadata How to render large images with V-Ray  

 

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

 

Exporting and Using V-Ray Scene Files Information on V-Ray Scene Files (.vrscene) and how to use them in workflows

 

 

 

Exporting EXR and Deep EXR in One Render A guide on how to set up a non-deep and deep output with a single render

 

V-Ray Fur Styler Setup Tutorial A standard setup to style V-Ray Fur

 

Houdini to Maya Alembic Workflow General guideline on how to export geometry through the alembic format and render it with V-Ray for Maya

 

 

 

 

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 on getting started with XGen and V-Ray for Maya

 

XGen Spline Primitives How to create and render a grassy surface with XGen and V-Ray for Maya

 

XGen Archive Primitives How to use instanced objects with XGen and V-Ray for Maya

 

 

 

XGen Animation and Motion Blur How to use V-Ray with animated XGen objects and motion blur