MYA229 – Look Development using Maya and Arnold

Release date:2019, June 5

Author:CHARLES CHOREIN

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Table of Contents

CLASS 1: LAYOUT

The scene is started with the asset in the default position, the layout is set up in Maya, and the default lighting setup is prepared with a grey and chrome sphere.

CLASS 2: INITIAL LIGHTING

Before starting, we will check our model and make sure everything is ready to go (UV’s, UDIMS, Scale of the texture). Preparing our HDRI in Nuke adding our moonlight and get some direction lighting and create a grey pass.

CLASS 3: CREATING SHADERS AND ATTRIBUTE OVERRIDES

The render passes are set up with the attribute override and material override rules in Maya 2019. Understanding the difference between displacement in Arnold the Z-Displacement from ZBrush and how to get the resulting displacement correct in Arnold 5. Understanding why we need to convert and use the tx file generated by Arnold and understanding the purpose of mipmapping texture.

CLASS 4: MORE SHADERS AND PASSES

Creating the shader for the cape, boots and armour with the shader preset in Arnold. Creating the beauty, shadow, and occlusion passes.

CLASS 5: FINISHING TOUCHES Completing the setup of global setting in Maya and rendering the different passes. A CG “slap comp” is also created in Nuke.

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