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	<title>Projected Volume Caustics</title>
	<link>http://jeffpatton.cgsociety.org/blog/5843</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Added a new blog tip on creating 'fake' projected volume caustics with 3ds Max &amp; mental ray<br />
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Click image to go to tip:<br />
<a href="http://mrmaterials.com/jeffs-blog/107-projected-caustics.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.mrmaterials.com/images/stories/JeffPatton/Blog/2009_Content/projected_caustic.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>]]>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Kelvin controlled sunlight</title>
	<link>http://jeffpatton.cgsociety.org/blog/5787</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New blog post on using custom colored and/or kelvin controlled sunlight in your 3ds Max/ mental ray scenes.<br />
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<img src="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/Sun_Kelvin_001_thb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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Link:<br />
<a href="http://mrmaterials.com/jeffs-blog/106-kelvin-controlled-sunlight.html" target="_blank">http://mrmaterials.com/jeffs-blog/1...d-sunlight.html</a>]]>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>HDR Light Studio 1.5 released</title>
	<link>http://jeffpatton.cgsociety.org/blog/5782</link>
	<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hdrlightstudio.com/" target="_blank">HDR Light Studio v1.5</a> is now released and I posted a little more info about it on my <a href="http://mrmaterials.com/jeffs-blog/105-hdr-light-studio-15.html" target="_blank">latest blog entry at mrmaterials.com</a>.]]>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Various useful blogs (some new)</title>
	<link>http://jeffpatton.cgsociety.org/blog/5777</link>
	<description><![CDATA[I wanted to pass along a few blogs that 3ds Max users will find useful.  Some of these are relatively new so there's may not be a ton of info at the moment.  However, I know the owners of the blogs produce quality stuff so you may want to bookmark these:<br />
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Hristo Velev (emphasis = VFX): <a href="http://velevfx.com/" target="_blank">http://velevfx.com/</a><br />
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Peter Guthrie (emphasis = Vray): <a href="http://www.peterguthrie.net/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.peterguthrie.net/blog/</a><br />
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Ramy Hanna (quite a few mental ray tips, but the blog isn't mental ray only stuff): <a href="http://3dsmaxrendering.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://3dsmaxrendering.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Frances Gainer Davey (new blog, various topics): <a href="http://surrealstructures.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://surrealstructures.com/blog/</a><br />
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Jennifer O'Connor (emphasis = mental ray): <a href="http://www.4da-inc.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.4da-inc.com/blog/</a>]]>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Max9 material collection update</title>
	<link>http://jeffpatton.cgsociety.org/blog/3008</link>
	<description><![CDATA[I've updated my .mat collection to include two of my car paint materials, a modified carbon-fiber material, and a glossy metal that I used on the wheels of the Camaro renders in my gallery.<br />
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Example renders using some of these materials:<br />
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Composite car paint - TangerineDream (click to enlarge)<br />
<a href="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/TangerineDream.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/TangerineDream-thb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
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Primer car paint - Black Primer (click to enlarge)<br />
<a href="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/Paint_primer.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/Paint_primer-thb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />
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Updated Carbon-Fiber material:<br />
<a href="http://jeffpatton.net/Temp/Carbon_fiber.mov" target="_blank">http://jeffpatton.net/Temp/Carbon_fiber.mov</a> (Right-Click, save file to view it)<br />
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DOH, I suppose it would be helpful to post another link to the .mat file wouldn't it!<br />
<a href="http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/JP_blog_mr-materials.zip" target="_blank">http://jeffpatton.net/Blog-images/J...r-materials.zip</a><br />
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Also, if you ever have the need to animate a car, plane, helicopter, etc.. I highly recommend you take a look at the Craft Animations tools.  Jason Addy and myself were allowed to review the Craft Director Tools product line for Vizdepot.com.  I can honestly say their tools make animating cameras and vehicles a pleasure, and they have some excellent customer support.<br />
Link: <a href="http://www.craftanimations.com/" target="_blank">http://www.craftanimations.com/</a><br />
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NOTE:  Had to edit a link here and doing so brought this older post back to the top.  This blog post was originally created in Sept. 2007]]>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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