Intro to Arnold for Maya
Intro to Arnold for Maya
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Mentor: Frederic Durand
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Skill level: Beginner
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Course time:1 hour 40 min
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Software: Maya, Arnold
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Project files: Included
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Course Cost: $49 USD
Course overview
Let’s have look at Arnold lighting, shading and rendering tools in 90 minutes.
This hour and half spent will empower Junior artists and artist new to lighting
as they realize that maybe it is not such a complex endeavor !
This tutorial is aimed at artists who transition from another renderer and
want to get a rapid overview or Arnold before deciding to invest more time into it.
intro to arnold for maya
About this course
Course Information
Learning Information
What will I learn?
- Rapid but effective bird’s-eye view of the renderer
- Understanding how computer-generated illumination is related to cinematography
- What differentiate daylight lighting versus nighttime
- How to approach lighting for an indoor scene versus outdoor
- Creating mind-blowing volumetric effects such as god rays
- Creating realistic material descriptions like metal and wood
- Creating photo-realistic effects like depth of field and motion blur
- How to render with the desired quality and acceptable rendering time
Learn different light setups both indoor and outdoor techniques
Find out how to improve your workflow during compositing
Benefits of Sophoria Academy
Learn from some of the best instructors in the World from the comfort of your own home.
We want you to learn all the skills you need to become a VFX artist in your own right and at a price you can afford. No more expensive learning.
We want you to learn all the skills you need to become a VFX artist in your own right and at a price you can afford. No more expensive learning.
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Project Files
files set up and in an easy to understand format. Your instructor has prepared everything for you already!
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1 hour 40 min of videos
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Meet the mentor
Frederic Durand
Frederic Durand has had the opportunity to work at Sony Imageworks, Disney Animation, DreamWorks, Jim Henson’s Workshop, MPC and Digital Domain on animated films, feature films, and commercials during the past 20 years.
As a leading lighting artist, his approach is not only technical, but also artistic and integrates aspects of cinematography into his approach.
He has been teaching lighting and rendering classes with Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift, Renderman and Nuke at the Gnomon school, the University of South California and now at Sophoria.
As a leading lighting artist, his approach is not only technical, but also artistic and integrates aspects of cinematography into his approach.
He has been teaching lighting and rendering classes with Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift, Renderman and Nuke at the Gnomon school, the University of South California and now at Sophoria.
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