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
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re-entry?
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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- Geometry wrapped around your entry vehicle mapped with an animated map of flames with greater transparency towards the top, aiming upwards (towards opposite entry vector direction) with keyed and re-mappedRGB values that go from blue to white, to blue again, then yellow, to arange, then reveal the flame map original colors, to a fade.
- all the while, have some sparks and small subtle "plasma" debris/pieces shooting off in the flame direction.
- What TRULY sells re-entry shots is WELL TIMED use of camera shake. That, along with a little full-scene glow, and depth of field blur.
So use that to your advantage for added realism
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My maya proffessor used to say: "motion blur is your friend", and the less time the effect has to be in screen the cooler it will be and the better it will stand
so: Trogdoooorrrrr!
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The rest of that I think I can handle though, thanks for your help.
[edit]did you mean adding the transparency on the map itself? such as adding it in photoshop?
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In the transparency channel, I used the Blend Utility to Blend a stretched out noise pattern that was animated in the Offset value of the place2Dtexture node so it looks streaky, with a simple ramp so it's more transparent on one end than the other. I'll have something to post and show tonight.
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Now that I see it rendered and composited, it needs a little work, but you get the idea. The Re-entry effect shows up on both space ships, and some of the meteoroids.
Take a look
and because I'm such a nice guy, here is my shader. Notice how it changes color over time as it would go through the atmosphere.