If you have watched some of Daryl Obert’s other tutorials and thought that the interactive viewport display looked pretty great on them, you are not alone. Maya’s Viewport 2 has really grown from its initial rocky start, to the potential that was envisioned for it.
Some quick tips on how to set up outside lightning in Maya’s Viewport 2.0
Here, Daryl shares some tips for lighting outdoor scenes when using Viewport 2, and takes a look at things like IBL contributions, Viewport 2 settings, environment haze and fog. Of course lights are something that can make or break a scene, and in Maya Viewport 2, there are a couple of tricks for getting a light’s shadows displaying well in the scene.
