Materials

[stinger]

does anyone know any good websites to get materials for 3ds max?

[kcy88]

www.cgtalk.com - I visit there often. If you go to the Discreet 3DS Max forum on that site, there's a comprehensive thread on Mental Ray Shaders. You can also visit here: http://www.jeffpatton.net/Max7/index.html (simply amazing)

That should be a good start. :)

[stinger]

also, does anyone know how to make objects transparent in 3ds max?

[syntaxers]

in the material dialogue box, set the opacity to a lower value