Maya – Advanced Materials
Release date:2016, January 4
Duration:02 h 25 m
Author:Andy Beane
Skill level:Advanced
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Using simple Maya shaders in advanced ways can help you create more realistic and interesting materials for your 3D models. Watch this Maya training course to learn how to create and control advanced materials (including mental ray materials) in Maya.
Andy Beane includes two methods for creating advanced Maya materials. He starts with smaller, easier materials that can be composited together. He then shows how to combine these same materials in an all-in-one-method for rendering, and evaluate the pros and cons of both techniques. Chapter 3 demonstrates the subsurface scattering (SSS) material in mental ray, which will strengthen your material toolbox, and shows how to composite the results in After Effects.
Topics include:
Collecting and creating reference material
Using simple materials vs. a large complex shader network
Setting up the scene
Creating alpha materials
Compositing individual materials
Putting it all together in one material
Subsurface scattering with mental ray materials
Rendering
00. Introduction
01 – Welcome
02 – What you should know before watching this course
03 – Using the exercise files
01. Basics of Advanced Materials
04 – Defining the problem – Tell the story
05 – Collecting, finding, and creating reference material
06 – Pros and cons of breaking into simple materials vs. a large shader network
02. Basic Materials Made Better
07 – Define the problem – Dirty gazing ball
08 – Setting up the scene – Making sure mental ray is an option
09 – Chrome material
10 – Blurry chrome material
11 – Dust material
12 – Creating the alpha materials
13 – Setting up the matte material render layer
14 – Compositing the individual materials
15 – Putting it all together in one material
16 – Challenge – Add your own material
17 – Solution – Add your own material
03. Advanced mental ray Materials
18 – Define the problem – Grapes
19 – Setting up the matte material render layer
20 – Diffuse color
21 – Setting up the matte material render layer
22 – Subsurface scattering layer – Subdermal
23 – Subsurface scattering – Back scatter
24 – Specularity
25 – Putting the material back together
26 – Rendering
27 – Rendering continued
28 – Challenge – Create the look of jade
29 – Solution – Create the look of jade
04. Conclusion
30 – Next steps
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