Creating Digital Humans 4: Shading and Rendering
Learn a production workflow to shading and rendering using innovative techniques for creating realistic humans from reference. Contains 3 hours of project-based training for artists learning the technical and artistic processes of creating digital doubles for use in Film and Games. Popular highlights include: Fast Skin Shader in mental ray; Sub-surface Scattering Techniques; Generating Sub-dermal Maps; Generating Epidermal Maps; Creating Shading Networks; Adding Bump Maps; Adding Specularity; Scene Maintenance; Creating Hair Strands with Paint Effects; Adding Digital Makeup; Creating Lighting Setup ; Effects of Light on Skin. Disclaimer: Some photographic reference contains nudity and is intended for mature audiences. Software required: Maya 8.5 and up.
What you'll learn
Learn a production workflow to shading and rendering using innovative techniques for creating realistic humans from reference. Disclaimer: Some photographic reference contains nudity and is intended for mature audiences. Software required: Maya 8.5 and up.
Table of contents
- Overview of Topics and Techniques; Sub Surface Scattering Explanation 3m
- Lighting Setup 5m
- Initial Skin Shader Setup 6m
- Setting Epidermal Scatter 5m
- Setting Sub Dermal Scatter 5m
- Setting Back Scatter 9m
- Generating Epidermal Maps 4m
- Generating Sub Dermal Maps 7m
- Generating Specular Color Maps 4m
- Generating Specular Maps 13m
- Generating Bump Maps 11m
- Creating a Layered Texture Network 7m
- Applying the Sub Dermal Maps 4m
- Applying the Epidermal Maps 3m
- Applying the Diffuse (Color) Maps 5m
- Applying the Specular and Specular Color Maps 7m
- Applying the Bump Maps 4m
- Setting up the Eye Shaders 11m
- Setting up the Hair Shaders 10m
- Using the 'continue' Node to Fix Transparency Issues on the Hair 7m
- Setting up the Toenail/fingernail Shaders 5m
- Adding Paint Effect Hair Clumps 9m
- Adding Wisps of Hair 6m
- Adding a Makeup Layer 16m
- Final Adjustments/scene Maintenance 4m
- Conclusion 0m
About the author
Justin thrives as a lead modeling author at Pluralsight. Growing up, Justin found a deep interest for the computer graphics industry after watching movies like Jurassic Park, Toy Story, and The Abyss. His ambition would lead him to work at Sony Imageworks in Los Angeles on movies like Monster House and Surf's Up. Justin has also had numerous articles, tutorials, and images published in 3D World and 3D Artist. As an author, Justin enjoys collaborating with fellow authors, especially on project... more