Digital Environment Workflow |
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In this two-disc set, Mark Lefitz creates a fully realized 3D model from an original concept painting by Feng Zhu. He discusses the analysis and setup of the shot, and demonstrates his techniques for efficiently creating a 3D environment using Maya’s polygon and NURBS tool-kit. Mark explains scene blocking, using animated cameras and their attributes, and how to integrate an animated object in the scene. He manipulates Maya fluids to show how to achieve the desired 3D sky environment, and shows some of his techniques for using painted textures and properly applying UVs
Instructor: Mark LEFITZ Gnomon Product Code: mle01 Go to Gnomon Product Page |
Mental Ray: Global Illumination |
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In the third disk of this series, Matt Hartle focuses on Mental Ray's special rendering features, including global illumination, caustics, final gathering, and image-based lighting. Using multiple examples for each topic, this DVD teaches you efficient ways of using tools, examining numerous ways to recognize and eliminate artifacts.
Instructor: Matt HARTLE Gnomon Product Code: mha03 Go to Gnomon Product Page |
Mental Ray: Lighting and Shaders |
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In the second DVD of this series, Matt Hartle focuses on lighting, shaders, and High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) within Mental Ray for Maya. Mental Ray supports most of Maya's features, in addition to many others. This DVD shows you how to get the best use of Mental Ray to render fluids, particles, fur, geometry based paint effects, blurry reflections and refractions, area lights, contour rendering, and High Dynamic Range images.
Instructor: Matt HARTLE Gnomon Product Code: mha02 Go to Gnomon Product Page |
Mental Ray: Fundamentals |
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In this DVD, Matt Hartle focuses on teaching the fundamental aspects of the Mental Ray renderer, including memory and performance, sampling, image output, motion blur, displacement and depth of field. By understanding the technical implementation of these different aspects of the Mental Ray renderer, you will be able to dramatically increase the speed and efficiency of your renders to produce production level results.
Instructor: Matt HARTLE Gnomon Product Code: mha01 Go to Gnomon Product Page |