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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Gloss, Specular, Reflection
I have never used gloss before, but what is the diffrence? are all my thoughts about this correct?
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Reflectivity - yes, it controls the how much the surface can mirror back the environment.
Specular - controls the strength of surface highlights, which are essentially reflections of light sources.
Gloss - controls the smoothness of the surface, and as a result the sharpness/blurriness of the reflections. It can make the difference between a mirror or brushed steel. You can think of the effect like an insanely fine, micro bump map.
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