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Iray samplers
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Iray samplers

Posted 31 May 2013 10:35 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

When to use one or both of them, a nice blog post on the iray dev blog.

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Access denied error when editing the max.rayhost from within 3ds Max
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Access denied error when editing the max.rayhost from within 3ds Max

Posted 18 February 2013 3:31 pm by MaxStation on MaxStation

Three approaches on how to work around that error.

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iray material for 3ds Max 2013
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iray material for 3ds Max 2013

Posted 25 July 2012 7:12 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

Direct access to iray's material model

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Sending a scene to Backburner in 3ds Max 2013
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Sending a scene to Backburner in 3ds Max 2013

Posted 31 May 2012 11:45 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

Comparing how it worked in previous releases with how it works in 3ds Max 2013.

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Unicode job names get mangled in Backburner 2013
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Unicode job names get mangled in Backburner 2013

Posted 18 April 2012 1:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

Only affects job name in Backburner manager, server and monitor.

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Using high resolution textures in the viewport
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Using high resolution textures in the viewport

Posted 26 March 2012 1:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

Using bitmap proxies to give you the best performance in the viewport

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Ambient Occlusion setting the right value for Max distance
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Ambient Occlusion setting the right value for Max distance

Posted 2 March 2012 12:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

When using Ambient Occlusion you may not get any result

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Backburner 2012: you can safely ignore the WRN Obsolete messages
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Backburner 2012: you can safely ignore the WRN Obsolete messages

Posted 13 January 2012 12:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

When you start the 2012 Backburner manager and server you'll see warning messages regarding obsolete plugins.

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Daylight portals and iray 2.0 (Subscription Advantage Pack)
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Daylight portals and iray 2.0 (Subscription Advantage Pack)

Posted 8 December 2011 12:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

An interesting post on the iray dev blog that gives tips about using (or not using) daylight portals.

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Using the bitmap pager
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Using the bitmap pager

Posted 7 December 2011 12:00 am by MaxStation on MaxStation

By default the bitmap pager is on, you can control it from MAXScript.

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