3ds Max – Advanced Materials
Release date:2016, October 4
Duration:02 h 34 m
Author:Aaron F. Ross
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Physically based rendering (PBR) simulates the way light works in the real world. It achieves greater realism with less effort than traditional 3D rendering. This course focuses on PBR shading techniques in 3ds Max, using the Physical Material to achieve photorealistic surfaces such as stone, glass, and metal. Author Aaron F. Ross also looks at building shading networks, and combining and adjusting maps in interesting ways. Procedural maps such as ambient occlusion and substance deserve special attention, and you’ll also see how to bake them out to bitmap files for cross-application and renderer compatibility. By the end of the course, you’ll have a firm foundation in advanced shading workflows in 3ds Max.
Topics include:
Streamlining material editor workflow
Managing XREFs and materials
Laying out a scene for material testing
Using the Physical Material
Controlling highlights with Roughness
Directing reflections and refractions
Simulating translucency and scattering
Building a shading network
Combining and color correcting maps
Baking maps such as ambient occlusion
Procedural mapping with Substance
Using relief maps: bump, normal, and displacement
00. Introduction
01 – Welcome
02 – Using the exercise files
01. Material Editor Tips and Tricks
03 – Using Preview windows
04 – Setting Material Editor options
05 – Creating multiple view tabs
06 – Storing materials in sample slots
07 – Layout and select commands
08 – Understanding XREFs and materials
02. Hard Surface Materials
09 – Rendering the Physical Material in ART
10 – Balancing reflections with roughness
11 – Adjusting metalness and reflection color
12 – Using IOR to control reflectance
13 – Setting a custom reflectance function
14 – Stretching highlights with Anisotropy
15 – Understanding the bump channel
16 – Adding a clear coat
03. Ray-Tracing Techniques
17 – Controlling physical transparency
18 – Tinting with transparency depth
19 – Backlighting with thin-walled translucency
20 – Subsurface scattering for physical translucency
21 – Light emission from a surface
04. Building Shading Networks
22 – Future-proofing material presets
23 – Layering and masking with a composite map
24 – Color adjustment with a color correction map
25 – Preparing for baking
26 – Applying ambient occlusion
27 – Baking maps with Render to Texture
28 – RGB curves adjustment with an output map
05. Advanced Mapping
29 – Mapping a gradient ramp
30 – Procedural mapping with a substance map
31 – Simulating relief detail with a normal bump map
32 – Deforming surfaces with a displacement map
33 – Combining maps with an RGB multiply map
06. Conclusion
34 – Next steps
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