Beginner's Guide to Maxwell Render in Maya
In this Maxwell Render tutorial, we will be teaching you the essential workflows, terms, and techniques to help you get started using Maxwell Render with Maya. Software required: Maxwell Render 2.6, Maya 2012.
What you'll learn
In this Maxwell Render tutorial, we will be teaching you the essential workflows, terms, and techniques to help you get started using Maxwell Render with Maya. We will start off by learning the basic approach to rendering anything in Maxwell Render and some important concepts to be aware of whenever starting out with Maxwell. We will then learn how to control the amount of render time that goes into our scenes; then, we will discuss the Maxwell camera attributes, which play a critical role in the appearance of our rendered images. We will also learn how to begin using the physically-correct Maxwell materials to help push our renders to deeper levels of realism and discuss the process of creating and controlling light sources, as well as many additional topics and workflows that will help you to get started with Maxwell Render. Software required: Maxwell Render 2.6, Maya 2012.
Table of contents
- Key Aspects of Maxwell Render 8m
- Sampling Level Controls in Maxwell Render 9m
- Maxwell Camera Controls in Maya 6m
- Overview of the Maxwell Layered Material in Maya 11m
- Using Textures with Maxwell Materials 10m
- Using the Maxwell Material Gallery in Maya 9m
- Adding Displacements to Maxwell Materials 12m
- Exploring the Maxwell Sun Environment in Maya 11m
- Creating Maxwell Light Sources in Maya 10m
About the author
Kyle was one of the first authors for Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. and has been a part of the team for over 10 years. Kyle began his career in computer graphics education as a college instructor and worked as a Digital-Tutors rendering tutor and curriculum manager since 2002. Kyle has contributed to many of the most popular projects and helped the Digital-Tutors team win awards throughout the company's history. Kyle has had the honor of having his art exhibited at the New York ... more