3ds Max: Rendering with Arnold

- [Instructor] Hi, I'm Aaron F. Ross, and I'd like to welcome you to this course on Arnold rendering in 3ds Max. Arnold is the new high-end rendering engine in 3ds Max 2018. It's a physically-based renderer that excels at photorealism while also enabling nonphysical artistic effects. In this course, we'll focus on the core features of the Arnold renderer, including lighting, materials, and the basics of rendering. We'll see how to apply studio lighting, image-based lighting, and daylight.

The Arnold standard surface material is a versatile all-purpose physical shader and we'll employ it for a variety of materials. Other shading effects, such as ambient occlusion, give us even more creative capabilities. The course concludes with a look at camera and rendering tools such as displacement, atmospheric effects, and spherical environment panoramas. The combination of 3ds Max and Arnold is a powerful one, so let's begin our exploration of Arnold rendering in 3ds Max.