3D Concept Creation in V-Ray for Maya
In this V-Ray for Maya tutorial, we'll explore the techniques involved in creating a 3D concept creation. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray 2.4 for Maya, NUKE 9.2X.
What you'll learn
In this V-Ray for Maya tutorial, we'll explore the techniques involved in creating a 3D concept creation. We'll start by using image-based lighting to setup advanced lighting and shading techniques within V-Ray for Maya. Then we'll use MARI to texture assets, followed by creating our final concept using NUKE. By the end of this V-Ray for Maya training, you'll have a solid understanding of the workflow that is required to create a working 3D concept in V-Ray for Maya and NUKE. Software required: Maya 2014, V-Ray 2.4 for Maya, NUKE 9.2X.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Assets 7m
- Laying Out Our Assets 11m
- Texturing Our Assets 6m
- Exploring Shaders for V-Ray 12m
- Setting up Our Shaders 10m
- Continuing Setting up Our Shaders 10m
- Applying Shaders 11m
- Continuing Applying Shaders 10m
- Setting up Our Lights 9m
- Building Our Scene for Final Render 11m
- Optimizing and Cleaning up Our Scene 6m
- Continuing to Optimize Our Scene 5m
- Finalizing Our Concept in NUKE 13m
- Conclusion 1m
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