Arnold, Maya, Nuke – Intro to 3D Rendering Live Action VFX

Arnold, Maya, Nuke – Intro to 3D Rendering Live Action VFX, available at $74.99, has an average rating of 4.45, with 44 lectures, 1 quizzes, based on 200 reviews, and has 1396 subscribers.

You will learn about Lighting and Shading a CG Object to match a real scene Using HDRIs to light an object Creating water drips on the surface of CG Using camera projections in Maya Blending multiple camera projections Using Arnold Physical Shaders Using Arnold Shaders to capture shadows and reflections on real footage Creating emission lights Setting up render passes for Nuke Compositing Creating ID mattes for secondary grading Creating a "bash comp" in Nuke to test our renders Using Arnold nodes to adjust textures Dealing with real-world scene scaling Rendering AOVs in Arnold / Maya This course is ideal for individuals who are Aspiring CG Artists who want to learn to render CGI into real footage or Lighting Artists, CG Generalists, and Compositors or VFX Students or enthusiasts It is particularly useful for Aspiring CG Artists who want to learn to render CGI into real footage or Lighting Artists, CG Generalists, and Compositors or VFX Students or enthusiasts.

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Summary

Title: Arnold, Maya, Nuke – Intro to 3D Rendering Live Action VFX

Price: $74.99

Average Rating: 4.45

Number of Lectures: 44

Number of Quizzes: 1

Number of Published Lectures: 44

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 45

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 45

Original Price: $99.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Lighting and Shading a CG Object to match a real scene
Using HDRIs to light an object
Creating water drips on the surface of CG
Using camera projections in Maya
Blending multiple camera projections
Using Arnold Physical Shaders
Using Arnold Shaders to capture shadows and reflections on real footage
Creating emission lights
Setting up render passes for Nuke Compositing
Creating ID mattes for secondary grading
Creating a "bash comp" in Nuke to test our renders
Using Arnold nodes to adjust textures
Dealing with real-world scene scaling
Rendering AOVs in Arnold / Maya

Who Should Attend

Aspiring CG Artists who want to learn to render CGI into real footage
Lighting Artists, CG Generalists, and Compositors
VFX Students or enthusiasts

Target Audiences

Aspiring CG Artists who want to learn to render CGI into real footage
Lighting Artists, CG Generalists, and Compositors
VFX Students or enthusiasts

Render photorealistic CGI into your filmed footage! This Maya / Arnold training course is intended for those who want to learn how to integrate CG with live action footage.

We cover aspects like camera tracking, rendering and integrating with HDRIs, blending multiple projections in Maya, creating shaders for realistic materials, and wrapping it up with rendering the correct passes out for Nuke compositing.

Why learn from this course?

This course is intended for individuals looking to have a better grasp about rendering CG into real life. You are getting the know-how and correct processes to be able to achieve this, as well as learning the deeper techniques in order to apply it to your own projects later on. It also builds a foundation for the CG compositing aspect, which comes after lighting and is extremely important for a great final image.

Your instructor has worked on feature films such as:

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Avengers: Endgame
X-Men Apocalypse

The Mandalorian

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them

….And many more.

First, what do I need to know entering this course?:
2. A beginner knowledge of Maya and Arnold

3. A beginner knowledge of how the hypershade works and materials work in Arnold

1. A beginner knowledge of Nuke and Nuke’s interface [Preferred, but not absolutely necessary. Most of the class is inside of Maya.]

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Explaining the workflow

Lecture 2: Class Knowledge Requirements

Lecture 3: Downloading Maya, Downloading Nuke, Downloading Blender

Chapter 2: Creating a 3d Track

Lecture 1: Looking at the plate, looking at the final comp

Lecture 2: 3D Track using Nuke

Lecture 3: Nuke: Cleanup Track

Lecture 4: Nuke: Orient Scene and Export

Lecture 5: [Optional]3D Track Using Blender

Chapter 3: Setting up in Maya

Lecture 1: Setting up the project

Lecture 2: Setting up the imageplane, resolution

Lecture 3: Projecting the plate, setting up the shader

Lecture 4: Adjusting Geo Depth + Explaining projection purpose

Lecture 5: Blending a second Projection (Part 1)

Lecture 6: Blending a second projection (part 2)

Lecture 7: Updating the projection into our new texture

Lecture 8: Projecting our background

Chapter 4: Bringing in the car, lighting the car

Lecture 1: Importing the car geometry, grouping for texturing

Lecture 2: Grouping Part 2

Lecture 3: Setting up image based lighting

Chapter 5: Setting up the materials

Lecture 1: Fixing Normals

Lecture 2: Adjusting Framing, Creating a car shader

Lecture 3: Adjusting Reflections, creating bumper shader

Lecture 4: Shaders for the tires and chrome

Lecture 5: Basics of Glass

Lecture 6: Glass & Ray Depth Overview

Lecture 7: Setting up a background for Arnold Glass

Lecture 8: Tweaking the shaders

Chapter 6: Rain Drips

Lecture 1: Creating water drops on the surface P1

Lecture 2: Tweaking geometry

Lecture 3: Creating 3d Drip Displacement

Lecture 4: Creating 3d Drip Displacement P2

Lecture 5: Clip Geometry

Chapter 7: Rendering

Lecture 1: Creating the passes necessary for Compositing

Lecture 2: Creating ID passes for geometry isolation

Lecture 3: Increasing Render Quality

Chapter 8: Optional: Improving Car Paint Shader

Lecture 1: Adding Condensation, improving the look overall

Chapter 9: Finishing up the textures, adding emissive textures

Lecture 1: Finishing the shaders p1

Lecture 2: Finishing the shaders p2 (tires, chrome, glass)

Lecture 3: Adding emissive lights

Chapter 10: Final Car Render

Lecture 1: Checking off the visibility layers

Lecture 2: Rendering the sequence

Chapter 11: Creating the ground interaction

Lecture 1: Capturing shadows and reflections as a render pass

Chapter 12: Compositing Brief Overview

Lecture 1: Bringing in our CG render

Chapter 13: Bonus

Lecture 1: That's a wrap!

Instructors

Alexander Hanneman
Senior Digital Compositor

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1 stars: 1 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 12 votes
4 stars: 51 votes
5 stars: 133 votes

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