Crafting 3d Photorealism

In his latest book, Jamie Cardoso discusses how to perfect your lighting workflow and achieve a high quality, photorealistic 3D image. He covers various different lighting conditions while also looking at how shaders, textures, and rendering tie in to the overall workflow. With in-depth tutorials for both V-Ray and mental ray, this book is a goldmine of essential advice from one of the industry’s best architectural artists.

Jamie Cardoso is an innovative senior computer artist and author whose first-rate experience has been gained designing and producing work since 1996 for a wide range of clients worldwide.

Jamie Cardoso is an innovative and intelligent senior computer artist, technologist, author and reviewer, whose first-rate experience has been gained designing and producing work since 1996 for a wide range of clients worldwide.

Much of Jamie’s work has been featured in books and magazines such as 3DWorld and on websites such as CG Society and 3DTotal. He is also the co-author of the two editions of the successful book Realistic Architectural Visualization with 3ds Max and mental ray and regularly shares his expert knowledge with users through his blog: http://jamiecardoso-mentalray.blogspot.com/