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Chaos Vantage – Animate your Scenes

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:17:30 +0000

It is an extraordinary software produced by Chaos – Vantage is its name! It allows you to generate high-impact photographic renderings using pure real-time ray tracing, starting from scenes set up with V-Ray and Corona files. To achieve these results, the technology used is from NVIDIA, which enables outcomes that far surpass the quality of […]

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Reset 3ds Max (user settings)

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:52:14 +0000

Suddenly my 3ds Max 2014 crashed 3 days ago! 3 days instialling any update when the solution was so simple… SOLUTION Remove the folder for the specific version of 3ds Max.The next time you start 3ds Max it will create this folder again with the default values. Under the 3dsMax or 3dsMaxDesign folder there will […]

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Shawn Kelly from ILM, in Europe for a special Masterclass!

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 19 May 2014 12:05:59 +0000

For the first time in Italy Shawn Kelly with his Masterclass: Lead Animator at Industrial Light & Magic, and Co-Founder of Animation Mentor!

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Gravity – Making of

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:21:29 +0000

Let's investigate how I simply created this image, using a rigorous photographic approach --> [ CLICK HERE ]

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Looking for an… english voice!

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:26:35 +0000

We are planning to create more and more training about vray, modeling ecc... for this we are looking for an "english voice" to dub the video lessons.

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Gamma 1.0 for output in Max 2014

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:12:25 +0000

This trouble of Max 2014 adding gamma 2.2 when saving in JPG made me think about.. and I found this interesting super-easy solution!

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Evaluate gamma compensation at a glance!

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:54:40 +0000

Can we evaluate if gamma compensation has been applied correctly, knowing the color and texture objectively? Yes, let's see how with some simple examples.

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Motion blur – It’s all about balancing

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:53:51 +0000

Motion blur is due to rapid movement or long exposure: let's try to verify if V-Ray is so real as they say.

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Dark Living – Final & Post

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:35:39 +0000

LESSON #40: In this lesson I'll show you how to create bloom and glare effects with Lens, how to save time with lower GI and a solid workflow for Post Production with render elements.

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Dark Living – Materials

Ciro Sannino - Auth — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:11:13 +0000

LESSON #39: In this lesson I'll show you a procedure to control and create amazing complex materials. Follow my suggestions and the complex materials will be suddenly easy to understand.

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