maya grass

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

Watch

# 1 28-11-2013 , 05:49 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: Dortmund, Germany

Posts: 229

hello. i would like to know what is better to use for making grass - maya paint effects or vray fur.

Quote

# 2 29-11-2013 , 06:41 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: northampton

Posts: 249

Go over to creative crash web site and search for sp paint script. This will enable you to paint instances of a single clump over any poly object. Use paint effects to make you initial clump convert it to polys and zero out its transforms before you paint.

It is by my will alone I set my mind in motion

Quote

# 3 30-11-2013 , 05:06 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: Dortmund, Germany

Posts: 229

well, i meant, which grass will look more realistic - made with paint effects or ith vray, and which way is easier to do.

Quote

# 4 30-11-2013 , 05:19 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: northampton

Posts: 249

Paint effects will give you a great result after convert to polys. Delete the shader and assign your own. Then use the script to distribute it. I've used this technique many times in clouding last week for a print job.
Show us some results when your able to!!

It is by my will alone I set my mind in motion

Quote

# 5 30-11-2013 , 09:34 PM

Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2006

Location: South FL

Posts: 3,522

I haven't seen any fur grass that looks as good as the proxy route. To me, the fur grass almost always ends up looking like alien fur. I even ended up writing a script that automates the proxy generation.

- Genny
__________________
::|| My CG Blog ||::
::|| My Maya FAQ ||::