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A new, user made plugin is available for Vray! Dieter Morgenroth has been/is working on a plugin that will make the use of highly detailed meshes a really easy job. The plugin allows users to create a fully customizable high poly surface from a simple object such as a sphere. If you use this in combination with some lava or coral shaders then the results could get quit amazing. Just look at the techdemo. If you want some more info on this subject, check the Wikipedia page. If you want to get a hang of this plugin, check this tutorial.

In this new tutorial on CG-Heaven the basics of the “Fur” function of Vray are being explaned. This is a “must-see” tutorial for the beginning 3ds max/Vray user, but also for the more advanced users who would like to get the hang of Vray and all of it’s functions. So, check this tutorial.

The update’s are very neat, there just heading on into the details with these new features. The “accelerated performance” option is looking real good. This feature allows you to; “control how 3ds Max adjusts scene display, whether the smallest objects are hidden, or distant objects have less detail, etc., and 3ds Max calculates how best to achieve it. ” For a full list of the features, go ahead and look on the official site.
Autodesk has also put up a price reduction for those who subscribe now. So when you buy 3ds Max now, and also take a subscription, you’ll get a 450€ price reduction. And if this doesn’t sound tempting enough, since you’ve bought a subscribtion you will get 3ds Max 2008 for free. This price action is ending in October (for 3ds max).

In answer to Maxwells Mxm-gallery, the Vray users decided to make their own website exclusively for Vray materials. Here, the users can share and download a wide variety of materials. From a chrome material to a procedural magma shader, everything can be found. And since you can choose from nearly a thousand materials, so there is always something that you will be interested in.
Also be sure to check the architecture contest and if you can, compete. In the last contest the prices where a 3dconnexion spacepilot and two 3dconnexion spacenavigators and those are a real benefit for a heavy 3d user.

So, be sure to check this page, it is definitely a handy page for the vray user.

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