Creating Product Shots in 3ds Max

- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm Aaron F. Ross and I'm excited to show you all about creating product shots in 3ds Max. In this course, we use 3ds Max and Adobe AfterEffects to produce several versions of a product rendering. Learning outcomes are informed by real-world production workflows. Our jumping-off point is a CAD model, created in a solid modeling program for industrial designers and mechanical engineers. In 3ds Max we organize the model, apply materials, light and render the shot.

We employ several lighting methods, including area lights, photometrics, image-based lighting, and self-illumination. For maximum control over the look of the shot, we render out the various components such as diffuse illumination and reflections to separate passes. To color-correct and sweeten the rendering, we combine all the passes in AfterEffects. Our journey to creating product shots in 3ds Max begins now.