Lighting a Car with V-Ray in Maya
Throughout these lessons, we'll explore the techniques involved in lighting a car using V-Ray, Maya, and NUKE. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray 2.4 for Maya, NUKE 7.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons, we'll explore the techniques involved in lighting a car using V-Ray, Maya, and NUKE. We'll discuss the steps required to set up advanced lighting techniques within V-Ray, which starts with using an image-based lighting setup. Along the way, we'll use a back plate to line up our car in Maya. Then we'll create precomps/lighting comps using NUKE. By the end of this tutorial, you will have a solid understanding of the workflow required to light and render a car in V-Ray and Maya. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray 2.4 for Maya, NUKE 7.
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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