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Lighting

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  Three-Point Lighting for 3D Renderings - by Jeremy Birn
  How to create the classic Hollywood lighting scheme called three-point lighting.
  
  
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  LIGHT - a detailed tutorial - by Richard Yot
  A detailed dissection of real-world lighting.
  
  
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  Advanced Lighting Techniques - by Amaan Akram
  Lighting for mood using basic lighting theories.
  
  

High-Poly Models

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  High Poly Material Rendering Tutorial - by Artem "X-Convict" Volchik
  Double-specular material setup in 3ds Max. Discussion and examples here in Polycount.
  
  
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  MR materials for 3ds Max - by Enrico "SyncViewS" Gullotti
  mental ray materials for 3ds Max, including dark shiny, light wireframe, and dark wireframe. Discussion and examples here in Polycount.
  
  
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  Engineering Material - by Pete Draper
  Outline and cross-hatching render setup, using the Ink and Paint material in 3ds Max.
  
  

Low-Poly Models

Low-poly models are usually best presented as screenshots from a game engine, or from your modeling app's viewport using [wiki:Self:Category:Shaders shaders].

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  [attachment:currentnextgengamematerialrendering_jameshall.jpg Current/Nextgen Game Material Rendering] - by James Hall
  Lighting a normal-mapped model using 2-point lighting and ambient occlusion.
  
  
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  [attachment:3dsmax-viewport-dof_oberson.jpg Depth of field in the 3ds Max viewport] - by Pior "pior" Oberson
  Using real-time depth of field, plus antialiased wireframes, in 3ds Max.
  
  
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  [attachment:3dsmax-viewport-baked-shadows_oberson.jpg Baked shadow maps in the 3ds Max viewport] - by Pior "pior" Oberson
  Self-shadowing can be easily baked in 3ds Max. However baking can be avoided in version 2009 onwards because Max now supports real-time dynamic shadowing in the viewport.
  
  

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