Introduction to Lighting and Rendering with V-Ray for NUKE
This will be a quick introduction to V-Ray for NUKE. You'll learn how to utilize V-Ray for NUKE to light and render CG to match a plate. Software required: NUKE, V-Ray.
What you'll learn
V-Ray is a powerful rendering engine used by professional CG artists around the world. For the first time, compositors now have access to its suite of tools directly inside NUKE. In this course, Introduction to Lighting and Rendering with V-Ray for NUKE, you'll learn how to shade, light and render a character asset in NUKE. First, you'll learn the fundamentals of the V-Ray renderer and the V-Ray camera. Then, you'll learn about V-Ray materials and look development. Then, you'll learn about lighting with V-Ray lights and NUKE lights. Finally, you'll learn about multi-pass compositing with V-Ray render elements. By the end of this course, you'll know the basics of V-Ray for NUKE and be ready to light and render CG for your own shots. Software required: NUKE, V-Ray for NUKE.
Table of contents
- Asset Introduction 5m
- Material Preview 10m
- Material Assignments 7m
- Material Look Development: Lighting Setup 5m
- Material Look Development: Core 2m
- Material Look Development: Head 4m
- Material Look Development: Armor 5m
- Material Look Development: Hip Lights 2m
- Material Look Development: Glowing Eyes 4m
- Render Elements: Overview 7m
- Render Elements: ID Mattes 5m
- Render Elements: ExtraTex - Information Sampler 2m
- Render Elements: ExtraTex - Noise and Occlusion 5m
- Summary and Asset Turntable 8m