Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
# 1 25-07-2012 , 09:22 PM
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Nature scene

Hi! Just started doing a nature scene. Looking kinda cool when i changed the shader network for the plants user added image


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# 2 27-07-2012 , 05:38 PM
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Are you using the physical sky? It looks a bit washed out. The scene itself could a more interesting angle.


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# 3 27-07-2012 , 05:49 PM
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Yeah, i'm using physical sky. But i have turned down the f shutter on the camera and put gamma
Corrects on all the textures. The leafs doesn't look washed out imo but the ground does à bit. Think it's because i have to much bump on it

# 4 28-07-2012 , 08:07 AM
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Yeh I would turn the bump down a tad, it probably looks washed because the ground texture gives off a similar colour to the sky?? like the leaves are very similar shade....I agree with Gen, the angle is a bit off. How big is it going to be mate? something else in there for scale would be good too, like rusty coin or box of matches etc


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Just a note Swat...for a realistic looking terrain I wouldnt use those kinds of plants. To me that looks like a salt pan...like where I work in the Pilbara (though the dirt is red but with salt). I would be using something like saltbush or mangroves....even spinifex...etc. Just my 2 cents worth....

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# 6 30-08-2012 , 06:25 AM
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Very nice start. Have you thought about using a depth of field foreground element to give it some added depth?

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