Advanced Lighting and Rendering Techniques in V-Ray for Maya
Explore advanced techniques for lighting and rendering a bike in V-Ray for Maya. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray for Maya, NUKE 9.2X, and MARI.
What you'll learn
We'll start by using an IBL (image-based lighting) setup. Along the way, we'll create complex shader materials and define our surface material within a photographically lit environment. Finally, we'll create precomps and lighting comps using NUKE. By the end of this V-Ray for Maya tutorial, you'll have learned some new tips and tricks for your own lighting and rendering projects. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray for Maya, NUKE 9.2X, and MARI.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Asset 9m
- Setting up Our Basic Shaders 8m
- Continue Setting up Our Shaders 9m
- Refining Our Shader 11m
- Continue Refining Our Shaders 10m
- Continue Setting up Our Shaders - Pt. 2 10m
- Setting up V-Ray Physical Camera 11m
- Continue Setting up Our Shaders and Lights 12m
- Setting up Our Render Elements 11m
- Finalizing Our Shaders and Lights 12m
- Compositing the Render 15m
- Finalizing Our Render 10m
- Conclusion 2m
About the author
Clifford Otomi Green is Senior Lighting/Look Development TD at Zoic studios Vancouver BC, Canada. Previously he has worked for various VFX studios such as, Red Vision, Aardman animations, Mr.X, and MPC to name but a few. Clifford started his 3D career over 10 years ago and in that time attended various VFX institutions to further develop his understanding of the intricacies of Visual Effects in film and television. He is passionate about film making and photography and has contributed to a few i... more