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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EDIT: another IBL test with the full linear workflow on sIBL. Gonna keep pushing
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Im not liking the 2nd and 3rd images, really nasty bump and washed out nostrils etc.
As this thread has been going since Jesus, I've kind of lost the point of it, 'rendering to rigging to modelling and back again' - A Chavfister's tale. Is it just you testing stuff out for your own personal thing or is there a bigger picture? because theres alot of stuff you are showing but not explaining like the rigging techniques, is this from personal knowledge or from another tute and so on....
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As for the photos I don't like any of them. There is much work to do and my next area of study is on render passes to pump the passes out and be able to composite them in nuke or PS for a still. I will most likely do them in still in PS first. Just as I don't like the base render out of ZBrush and take it into Photoshop for tweaking. The first photo was done strictly from area lights and nothing else. The second photo was done in the car on the way to Virginia for Christmas and I really didn't know what to gamma correct on the IBL's I was ingesting. The 3rd and 4th photo are the exact same head and setup but a different IBL on each. One being theatrical and the other being a normal daytime example. Over the next few days given Christmas holiday I am going to sit down and finish the eyes and get Lee Perry Smith talking with the IM stuff.
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cheers for the insight
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Myself and Collin managed to get a character modeled, rigged and talking with faceware in what was about 1 week. This time frame can be brought down to 4 days, I personally find this to be a great achievement, I have worked in studios and never seen work completed in such time frames with teams. Much of this was Collins doing and I personally find hes level of knowledge and understanding of 3d to be solid and extremely beneficial. I know we are not reinventing the wheel but it is essential to be able to watch and learn from people who are at the top of the ladder in this industry and these are exactly the people who he has been watching.
To create a game with a team of two is for me a real challenge and although I am getting assistance from a great concept artist and a good friend who understands cry engine 3 more than me, it would be foolish for us to get to involved in creating everything to be perfect or we will find ourselves with very little as time goes by. Our aim is to have a fully playable tech demo in about 5 months time.
1st off I don't want myself showing up on this thread to be seen as me waving my 3d cock around saying look at me at all. I am an average/mediocre 3d artist but know myself to be a decent person and for me that is all that counts for anything. Anyone can do what myself and Collin are and if anyone asks a question regarding Collins methods etc I know he is more than happy to share. I have sat over many skype sessions and learned more from Collin about 3d than I learned over the years I sat trying to teach myself from sites such as digi tutors and Gnomon. Prob some 5 years or more on my own to 1 year spent learning off Collin.
I can see this thread might seem a bit of a mess but it is one person learning the pipeline and fundamentals for 3d while hopefully offering some tips and advice to other 3d users. I know Collin is also working on a full tutorial on the character used for faceware. Showing how to setup the body, face, UI etc etc and give away the full working files as well.
https://vimeo.com/55800766
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yes I know. I agree hats off to you for your efforts. Dont feel Im attacking Chavfister for his efforts. I am just simply curious as to what it was all for...Yeah none of the techniques Collin is using are ground breaking or anything
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Always feel that the harder you work the better it goes in the long run. Can be tough working a full time job and then coming home to do another full sting on our thing while Col puts in a 16 hr shift min, hence I feel bad when people post stuff on hes thread sometimes. I know there is no bashing going on but can just come across that way sometimes, just how it goes when it is written in word as conversation always leads to better discussion and end results etc.
Col often comes across the same when we type stuff on skype, words are just very direct and conversation is the only way to really work with this stuff in my opinion. Some are very diff but I always suck with html tutes etc but when it is a vid with someone talking about workflows etc it always hit home a x10 for me.
Anyhow hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and are all looking forward to the new year, I am just hoping the fireworks I set off go a lot better this time than my previous event....
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Yeah words are always difficult to derive in a written conversation. Thats why I asked what the thread was for generally.
With regards to character turn around in a week, that would be expected in some studios..hands down. More so in televison where budgets are smaller. Games get longer than films in some cases because of development time. Films have big budgets but turnaround is getting quicker and quicker for that as well these days, its ludicrous. Thats why some fx laden films tend to look crappy and no different to TV.
Time is money as they say, so just do the best you can with what time you have
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