Lecture 4 - Understanding Raytracing - Chrome & Glass materials

Raytracing is when light from a source or camera (in 3ds Max) bounces off other objects, and is reflected/refracted in and from the pixels in the scene.

To produce a chrome material

Open the material editor, select a slot. In the Maps rollout, click on reflection > in the maps rollout click Raytrace. Drag the material to the object, and render.

To produce a glass material

Open the material editor, select a slot, click on background so that your material shows up. Make sure that you have your diffuse colour as black. Go to the Maps rollout, click on refraction and choose Raytrace. Click and drag to the object and render.