HDRI in Maya 6.0

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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# 1 27-07-2004 , 04:17 PM

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Can anyone tell me what the function of the "Image Based Lighting" section of Mental Ray?

I have been experimenting with HDRI using HDR images as Ambient Lighting files applied to a Sphere, rendering with Final Gathering.

This works great, but I'm just curious as to what this new "feature" is I just found and how it's used.

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# 2 27-07-2004 , 06:10 PM

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IBL will elimanate many things you are currently doing. It also provides more accurate calculations and you can see the HDR in the viewport. I recommend you to go through the help files to unserstand all the options for the IBL.

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# 3 28-07-2004 , 03:50 PM

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Thanks Roach! I read all about the IBL and am very impressed with the control and less steps as opposed to my "long way".

I've enclosed a test image that I did...

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# 4 28-07-2004 , 08:34 PM

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sweet. The IBL has saved me loads of time on renders. it is truly great.

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# 5 29-07-2004 , 08:46 AM

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cool, what were the settings on your material to get your look on the metal?

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# 6 29-07-2004 , 12:27 PM

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Here's my settings:

I also used an HDRI probe for the reflections.

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# 7 30-07-2004 , 09:28 AM

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So simple - so effective....

sjurick: thanks for starting the thread and later supplying the "chrome" settings (neat)
roach105: thanks for the lead on the IBL
Pure_Morning: thanks for asked sjurick for the metal material settings

great thead.....

thanks again (all)

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