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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Rage.... need help with Depth of field
I want my frog to be nice and clear and the back ground to be blured... I can get a render where he's about 80 percent clear but not as nice as I want... Any suggestions... I can e-mail you the file if you need to look at it more..
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2 ways, both done in post rather than in Maya.
(best to always to dof blur in post cause you have way more control)
WAY 1: (cheap and easy)
Make a tighter, less "gradual" radial gradient around your frog in your compositing app, then track it to your frog and use it as a dof blur channel.
Way 2: (what I do most often)
Grab the YUYA DEPTH SHADER from the shader section off another "highend" 3d website, hehe, then when you've completed rendering your Maya scene, save it as a depth.mb file, then select everything and apply that shader to all.
It will "simulate z-depth" distance from camera at render-time for you without having to mess with the cam settings.
Hope that helps ya a bit
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Hope they might help you
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My question is how can i make the blobs have motion blur?(cant figure this step out.. the images are clean a nice)
I think it would look much better if maya makes the motion blur on the dynamic than me using the static render and trying to add the blur in PS.
Any suggetions?
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I've created a small tutorial for you..no sound, just movie. Techsmith-Codec required...
Techsmith Codec
Depth of Field Tutorial
You can now adjust the effect, by simpy using the F-Stop slider, to adjust how big the sharp area should be. (hopefully it works
)Hope it's made clearly...and if you have any further questions...I'm here ! ;o)
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my method just shows, how this can be achieved within MAYA with good control, you just have to use the aim on your goal, and finished...the goal is sharp, everthing is blurred in dependance to it's distance to the camera...was just to show. I know it's not the best way but the best way in MAYA in my opinion
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