Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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Well, the way I go about it comes from Kurt.
1) I convert the nurbs to polygons - make sure you use the control vertex option for this operation
2) Copy the object a number of times
3) Setect all the faces that you don't want on each model and delete. i.e on one model, select all faces except his pants. selete these. on the next, delete all excepts his shirt. and so on.
4) Now you can uv map and texture the individual objects
5) Convert the poly models back to subds and hit 3 in the view port with easch piece selected.
Note: There's no real need that I can see to cut the model up to do the texturing. I'd be inclined to just convert to polys, uv map and texture then convert back. Something that is worth noting is that after you've layed out all of the uvs, you can convert the model back to subds before doing the uv snapshot. This will save the uvmap with the (for lack of a better word) isoparams that subd models have, rather than the straight lines of polygonal models.
I've found it usefull to use this method when the geometry is quite light and the conversion back to subds causes the textures to move on the object as the polygonal boundaries are converted into curvy 'isoparms'.
The 'isoparms' are still displayed as straight lines in the uv editor but it still makes for a better result IMHO than using a polymodel for the uvsnapshot.
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First, I think the arms and fingers are a bit to thick. The legs, however, look much better. I'd say to give the arms the same thickness as the legs, and you'd have an awesome Sponge.
Next, I'd give his cheeks a bulge, but since you aren't done with the face, I'll wait until you do an update.
Awesome idea, though! I love.....ahem.....like Spongebob.
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Mind that if you convert to polygons you loose all sub-d-specific things like creased edges etc.Originally posted by enhzflep
Gday, nice model.
1) I convert the nurbs to polygons - make sure you use the control vertex option for this operation
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that really depends on how it's converted to polys, if you use adaptive you will retain the topology but the poly count may be elevated quite a bit depending on how much you've used the edge crease tool.
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Only thing to comment on is the hands... thats all
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Oh and for seperating i usually convert to polys, select the faces i want to seperate and click polygons>Extract to form 2 seperate objects
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I would bring the base of the nose in to match the thinkness of the tip and use a nice Bump map to simulate the sponge effect. Displacement would be better, but will take forever to get right and render. Also I agree about the hand they are to square near the wrist.
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