Yong Kim shares his script for Maya that will automate, or semi-automate the process of creating physical light source objects in Maya, based on an HDR image, placing the HDR’s Lights as textures for the Maya lights.
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Extracting Studio Lighting from HDR Images in Maya
Jon Tojek provides a great discussion about lighting for film and studio, and how to recreate the on-set lighting effects when matching CG objects to a plate. Jon provides examples of extracting light from a panoramic HDR.
Creating Object Lights in Mental Ray Using the Built In Object Light Shader
David Hackett posts an article on Elemental Ray Blog, taking a look at creating an using Object Lights in Mental Ray 3.11, using the new builtin_object_light shader included
Also posted in 3D, maya
Tagged creating object lights for mental ray, Creating Object Lights in Mental Ray, Creating Object Lights in Mental Ray Using the Built In Object Light Shader, maya dynamics tutorial, mental ray object light shader tutorial, using the Built In Object Light Shader in Mental Ray Maya
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Creating Wireframe on Shaded Renders in Maya Using Mental Ray Contours and Ambient Occlusion
Lucas Licata demonstrates a simple technique for getting wireframe renders from Mental Ray in Maya showing how to get an interesting look of wireframes in conjunction with a clay style render.
Using Arnold’s AOV’s and Utility Shader to Create Custom Color Masks in Maya
Stephen Blair shares the process for creating custom color matte in Maya when rendering with the Arnold Renderer using AOV’s
Also posted in 3D, Arnold Render, maya
Tagged arnold maya AOV color matte render pass tutorial, arnold maya color mask tutorial, arnold maya creating custom color masks using AOV, how to create color mattes in arnold using AOV, Using Arnold's Custom AOV's and the Utility Shader to Create Custom Color Masks in Maya
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Using Mental Ray Unified Sampling in Maya
Faizal Taher takes a look at unified sampling in Maya Mental Ray and explains a bit about what Unified Sampling is, and how to implement it in Mental Ray for Maya, using the string options to add the Unified Sampling options to the Maya interface (in Maya 2012)
The Basics for Setting Up Linear Workflow for V-Ray in Maya
Peter Hartwig demonstrates the basics on how to set up V-ray in Maya to a linear workflow as the first part of a series of videos. Although Peter doesn’t cover what Linear Workflow is, he does show more than one workflow method for setting V-Ray up to run Linear.
Getting Started Using the ZYNC Cloud Rendering Platform and Using ZYNC With Maya
The ZYNC Render crew post an overview video showing everything that you would possibly need to know to get started using the ZYNC Cloud Rendering Platform. This is a great start showing how to upload your files for rendering, to launching renders, and how to track rendering usage to stay on budget. This will look at using the ZYNC Platform using Autodesk Maya, using ZYNC’s integration with the Maya interface.
Also posted in 3D, maya, maya tutorials, vfx
Tagged Getting Started Using the ZYNC Cloud Rendering Platform, Getting Started Using the ZYNC Cloud Rendering Platform and Using ZYNC With Maya, rendering maya files using the sync cloud, zync cloud vfx rendering for maya and nuke, zync render cloud rending using maya
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Maya Ray Depth Tool Changes Multiple Render Settings Values Quickly With One Custom Value
Luiz Philippe Moreira created a handy little tool for changing Maya render settings really easily. Render Settings such as reflection rays, raytracing depth, ray depth limit for lights, caustics and final gathering, although logically found easily, always seem to be scattered all over the place in Maya when you are trying to change render quality.
Also posted in 3D, maya, maya tutorials
Tagged how to change maya ray depth settings all at once, maya ray depth settings script, Maya Ray Depth Tool Changes Many Render Settings Quickly With One Custom Value, maya ray depth tool for changing global render settings raytrace depth values easily, maya render settings script
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Creating V-Ray Render Passes in Maya for Nuke Composites
Arvid Schneider shows how to set up V-Ray rendering settings to get the rendering passes needed for a composite, some using the V-Ray Extra Tex, and also shows how to put a composite together in Nuke
