Mental Ray My Way

This book is the definitive guide to Mental Ray that also explains how to translate science into art, lighting theory, camera theory and cinematography. The book further contains fantastic snippets not only on how to manually achieve great results, but how to automate these settings and create powerful scripts. This book explains sophisticated, yet simple scripts that automate the tasks that users of 3D Studio max, V-Ray and Mental Ray have found tedious. Using real world calculus and theories of lighting, this book develops scenes that automatically calculate the ideal camera settings in order to obtain the best possible render from a scene.

Lee Wylde began his career in the UK as an architectural apprentice, spending 4 years at a leading British Architectural practice whilst studying construction science. At the age of 20 he had founded Foothill Studios, which provided visualisation services to property developers, furnutre designers, interior designers and many more industries. Voted 20th in top 50 designers in the Middle East, Wylde has significant multi-faceted experience in design, including architectural design, retail design, commercial interior design, design strategy, and practice management. Over the past 16 years, he has provided creative consultancy services to clients in the USA, Europe, and Middle East.