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3ds Max + VRay: Materials Masterclass (Udemy.com)

Use 3ds Max to create professional, photoreal materials. Shaders include VRay, Corona, Mental Ray, V-ray for SketchUp

4.4
295 reviews

Created by: Adam Zollinger

Last updated September 2025

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What you will learn

  • Create photoreal 3d materials using a professional workflow
  • Take the principles from this course and begin applying them in 3d to improve texturing skills
  • Better understand settings of various different types of materials, in various render engines
  • Apply texturing principles in standard 3ds Max materials, mental ray, corona, V-Ray for SketchUp, and V-Ray

How it compares

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  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 26% of them
  • Reviews295#245 of 546 by number of reviews
  • Length2.9 hoursshorter than 75% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2025more recently than 81% of them

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Course Description

**Taught by a practicing professional

**The teacher is always available to help

**More real world examples / demonstrations to follow

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**Join this course and get HUGE discounts on other courses from this instructor

Improve Your 3d Materials Workflow -- Achieve Photorealism

This course will dive into the details of 3d materials, showing you all the important tips and tricks necessary to achieve photorealism. The course will be demonstrated within 3ds Max, and the textures will primarily be created using V-Ray materials. Other types of shaders will also be demonstrated, but the class generally teaches you principles that can be applied across several different platforms. You will learn settings, shader types, map creation, etc., all while seeing real time demonstrations of materials being created and rendered.

In short, take this course if you want to vastly improve your ability to create photoreal textures, and streamline your workflow.

Here are some of the benefits of this course:

You will learn the professional way to do things, making you fast and efficientThe quality of your materials will immediately begin to improve as you apply my professional tips and tricksYour renderings will take on a much more photo-realistic look, as materials are one of the most important elements for realismYou gain a deep knowledge and familiarity with V-Ray (and equivalent render engines) and its settings.
After taking this course, you will understand many principles that you can then experiment with to make your images more professionalThe instructor is great at supporting the students by answering all questions and offering valuable feedbackBy joining this course you will also get discounted access to all the other courses offered by this instructor (see coupons in bonus section)And so much more...

Join the class TODAY

and get instant access to the class. You will join a community of over 7,000 total students (across all my courses) who have been satisfied with their 3d learning. And remember, I work hard to support all these students effectively by answering questions and helping them solve their problems. Here is a comment from a satisfied student:

"I must begin saying that over time Adam has gotten better at creating courses and explaining everything in a simplest manner possible.

1. Overall video and audio quality was great.

2. The amount of information was just enough and the quality of it all was amazing. I learned more than i expected to.

Bought it almost as soon as i could knowing that it will for sure be worth it. I'm already planning on recommending it to some people that would love this course and i already can't wait for a course on lighting.

Great job on the course!"

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-Adam ZWho this course is for:
You should take this course if you want to make better materials, regardless of the program you useDo not take this course if you are completely new to 3d, I have another course for thatTake this course if you want to gain a more intimate knowledge of V-Ray shaders and their settingsThis class is great if you know the basics of 3d, but you are looking to take your images to the next level with advanced textures
Read More Intermediate Intermediate Level product length iconTime: 2.9h

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Instructor Details

Adam Zollinger

Digital Artist - 3ds Max & Photoshop
Adam has been working as a professional (and award winning) 3d artist for over 10 years, but his expertise does not stop there. He has also authored / illustrated a children's book, and created graphics for numerous mobile games. He has expert knowledge in the following programs:
3ds Max
Mudbox
Photoshop
V-Ray
After Effects
Unreal Engine 4
Various other software programs and plugins
Most importantly, he has dedicated himself to lifelong learning, and he loves to teach others as well.
From the artist:
"I mostly work in the Architectural Visualization industry. This a career which I almost entirely taught myself, and have perfected over several years. In order to save you the trouble of learning the hard way, like I did, I wan't to offer my expertise to you."
Join one of Adam's courses today to benefit from his years of experience creating high-end, professional graphics.
*Follow the social links to connect with Adam on the internet. Keep up to date with the latest course discounts, and free resources available from Adam.

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By Nicoletta Emmanouil on 11/14/2020

That is a fantastic job and thank you very much for sharing these informations. On section 4 where we talk about the different setting of making a material... i would prefer to see the material changes on interactive render than to material preview to understand better the effect of each one.

By Hector Allier on 8/10/2020

Excellent as always Adam! Great and thoroughly explained course! It allows us to engage into materials, maps and textures to achieve a great model's appeal! Keep up the good teaching!

By Noel on 6/16/2020

nice!

By christian Flores-Nunez on 5/26/2020

So far so good

By Luis on 5/9/2020

Muy buena explicacin de conceptos

By Francisco Hernndez on 3/16/2020

Inici bastante bien, veremos como concluye

By Maurizio Gastoni on 3/14/2020

I think this is probably one of the first teaching attempts that Adam did and the technique wasn't too developed yet. I bought this class as i have really appreciated some other course he did, so this isn't a non-constructive critique. I really like the recent contents and teaching techniques, i would probably just remove this because it might put people off from buying the good classes he has made. In terms of content, not great and definitely not intermediate. For my taste a little bit too much of real time making with too many "surprises" to deal with on the go. Just my opinion, go for the recent stuff he has done, that is worth it.

By ukasz Sumiski on 1/23/2020

There should be examples of using the created materials in scenes.

By Joseph Huntley on 1/3/2020

Love the way the Instructor is very detailed in his explainations and tells why something will work and not work.

By Batuhan Bardak on 11/18/2019

it is great, anyone can have a good job due to mr. zollinger's courses . sir adam zollinger, please share whole knowledge you know about 3dsmax vray, please

By YoonKyung Choi on 8/13/2019

I enjoyed this lecture, it gave me the information about some materials that i would have never known. although you will have to look up some materials by yourself to get to know it better because he is not handling all the details sometimes. which was not a problem for me. oh but i have to say ,3ds max version he is using in this course is not up to date currently so some options he was explaining is not available anymore in 2019 version. but overall it was helpful for me.

By Nec TECH on 7/26/2019

Trs bon cours.... recommander !

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3ds Max + VRay: Materials Masterclass
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  • Updated: icon September 2025
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
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