Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Bullets first Spitfire relit
Anyway...things have changed and I am getting more confident in learning things...looks a heap better I reckon. So all you noobs...get cracking man....lots to learn and lots of fun...even if it is painful.
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For some reason the texture is comming across quite dark is it the lighting if not you can play with the colour balance in the texture node...................dave
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The scene could definitely use some secondary bounce light underneath there as the propeller blade are disappearing into the shadows. You could turn on FG or you can do it manually. For starters, I'm thinking lighten and soften the shadows and add a large, extremely weak area light facing upwards just below the ground plane and using light linking to not have the light affect it. That way it looks as if light is bouncing up from the ground and going from there.
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Better frame dom?? do you mean a better angle etc?
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Bingo, exactly what I was thinking as I was scrolling down, and...voila, secondary lighting in. Looks much better.I'm guessing that faint black fuzz in the first image was the AO that messed up but the white fringe persisted through to the second render. It kinda looks like a sharpen filter gone berserk and its having a jarring effect.
The scene could definitely use some secondary bounce light underneath there as the propeller blade are disappearing into the shadows. You could turn on FG or you can do it manually. For starters, I'm thinking lighten and soften the shadows and add a large, extremely weak area light facing upwards just below the ground plane and using light linking to not have the light affect it. That way it looks as if light is bouncing up from the ground and going from there.
p.s....agreed with Dom also...the framing/cropping, is quite overbearing
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yeh its an old model dave Im not worried too much about the textures...dont have time to redo that. All of the maps were the original I made last year.
Thats as high as I can go murambi...the old laptop is a bit tight for power....its a 1k render...if I try to go higher then it dies.
So a slightly better frame would be less Spitfrie and a tad more backround dom and ben.
The main thing with this was the lighting...I needed and still need the practice, difficult stuff.
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couple more...framed better I hope? and some junk. No AO...laptop couldnt do it
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