The second annual “mental ray Seminar” will be held May 20th, 2010, at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL, just outside of Chicago.

This event will be available both as an in-person live event and also as an on-line GoToWebinar (provided by Hagerman).

If you can come to the live event you can register at EventBright at http://mr2010.eventbrite.com

Registration for online version of the “mental ray Seminar” May 20th now available: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/952722952

About the mental ray Seminar 2010

This is the second annual “mental ray Seminar”, presented by the Chicago Autodesk Animation User’s Group Association (AAUGA) and this time hosted by our friends at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills Illinois.  This free event is sponsored by Autodesk for both breakfast and lunch.

Registration is required via Event Bright.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO PRINT YOUR TICKET.  Save the planet.

The “mental ray Seminar” is a comprehensive look at the features and applications of the mental ray rendering engine within Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2011.  The seminar is presented by Jennifer O’Connor and is based on her new book, “Mastering mental ray” (http://tinyurl.com/y94ase4) and will take attendees through the core concepts of mental ray, through the optimization of lighting, materials and mental ray settings, and on to essential indirect illumination tools and techniques.  This seminar is geared towards any student or professional using 3ds Max Design to produce renderings, and will be available as a live in-person event and also via the internet.  See http://www.max3ds.com for more details on online attendance.

Although the seminar is based on 3ds Max Design 2011, the topics covered in mental ray apply to nearly all mental ray enabled applications including Revit, Maya and Softimage, to name a few.
In-person attendance may be limited, and the number of tickets ‘sold’ determines the amount of food we buy, so please DO NOT get a ticket if you will be attending online or may not attend in-person.  We are attempting to accommodate all that wish to attend the in-person event, so please do not hesitate to attend if you can!

Event Schedule

8AM:  Free breakfast and socializing
9AM: mental ray Essentials including Gamma and critical settings
10AM: The new Slate Material Editor and Material Optimization
11AM: Light, Shadow and Exposure
Noon: Free Lunch
1PM: Indirect Illumination and Final Gather
2PM: Global Illumination
3PM: Importons and Irradiance Particles
4PM: Q&A and socializing
5PM: Event ends.

There will be short 10 minute breaks at each hour.  We will be giving away copies of Jennifer’s new book “Mastering mental ray” to live attendees, along with SWAG from Autodesk.  Use this link to order from Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/y94ase4 Other swag may be available as sponsors are added.  Check http://www.max3ds.com for updates on swag and the event.

The event address is:

Moraine Valley Community College
9000 W. College Pkwy
T-Building, Fogelson Theatre
Palos Hills, IL 60465-2478

Pre-registration is required at EventBright: http://mr2010.eventbrite.com for the live event.

There is ample free parking at the college. If you have any questions contact me at jenni @ max3ds.com, and we’ll see you there!

Author of “Mastering mental ray”:  http://www.mastering-mentalray.com
4D Artists, Inc.:  http://www.4da-inc.com
Chicago 3ds Max User’s Group: http://www.max3ds.com

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