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Check out this insightful “Arnold Maya Rendering Tutorial” for rendering of basic interior sunlight conditions created by the talented VFX veteran Jon Tojek.
This is a VFX tutorial that demonstrates how to use Arnold and Maya to create sunlight illuminating an interior room. With the mtoa Arnold plug-in, he shows how to use the aiSkyDomeLight which reads in an HDR skyline image for simulating dusk sunset on a 3D model. Also covered here is Linear Color Workflow, aiStandard shader, and Arnold Ray Sampling.
Maya, Arnold, Autodesk, Solid Angle, VFX, CG, Lighting, Rendering, HDR, IBL, 3D, animation, tutorial, video, film, interior, sunlight
Here is a link to the Maya 2013 file, with textures and HDR environment. dropbox.com/sh/lwywiwe81i31ipo/_TkSe3afe1
For more information on Jon and his fantastic work, check out http://tojek.com/jon/
To check out some more great tutorials check him out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/veniceholidaze
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