Look Development for Visual Effects in Maya
In this tutorial we will learn how to create textures and shaders for a digital asset.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons we will look at the steps required to create a professional UV mapping. With proven techniques and workflows used in the visual effects industry, we will create a highly detailed textures and cover all the steps involved during the look development process.
Table of contents
- Setting up the Project 10m
- Checking the Asset 10m
- Finishing the Sanity Check 9m
- Preparing for UV Mapping 7m
- Starting the UV Mapping 10m
- UV Unfolding the Handle 12m
- Finishing the Handle 12m
- Unfolding the Front Panel 11m
- Finishing the UV Mapping 9m
- Grading the Front References 11m
- Grading the Back and Side References 12m
- Finishing the Grading Process 3m
- Baking Procedural Shaders 12m
- Baking Dirt Maps 9m
- Beginning the Projection Process 11m
- Continuing the Projection Process 12m
- Finishing the Projection Process 5m
- Creating Projection Guides 11m
- Working on the Front Projections 11m
- Working on the Plastic Panels 11m
- Handling the Lower Plastic Panels 11m
- Adjusting the Upper Plastic Panels 10m
- Working on the Screen Protector 12m
- More on the Front Projections 10m
- Finishing Work on the Front Projections 10m
- Projecting in MARI 11m
- Creating the Screen Protector 11m
- Finishing the Screen Protector 10m
- Creating the Color Maps 12m
- Fixing the UV Seams 12m
- Adding Dirt Maps to the Color Information 9m
- Finishing the Color Maps 3m
- Starting on the Specular Maps 11m
- Working on the Specular Maps for the Front Panel 12m
- Creating the Specular Maps for the Other Pieces 5m
- Working on the Bump Maps for the First Two Udims 11m
- Creating the Bump Maps for the Latest Two Udims 7m
- Building the Displacement Maps for the Metal Box 14m
- Creating Cluster Materials 11m
- Continuing the Cluster Materials 10m
- Finishing the Cluster Materials 9m
- Blocking Shaders for the Front Panel 11m
- Making Shaders for the Control Wheels 10m
- Building Shaders for the Metal Box 9m
- Working on the Specular for the Front Panel 13m
- Setting up the Specular for the Metal Box 9m
- Working on the Bump Maps for the Front Panel 11m
- Setting up the Bump Maps for the Metal Box 13m
- Working on the Primary Components 12m
- Continuing the Primary Components 9m
- Shading for Different Lighting Situations 8m
About the author
Xuan Prada is a freelance digital artist based in London, with a background in Fine Arts and a BFA in Computer Animation from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He started his professional career working on TV Commercials as a 3D generalist. He has done work for major visual effects and animation houses doing texturing, surfacing and lighting. His film credits include Planet 51, Happy Feet 2, Prometheus, Wrath Of The Titans, Dark Shadows, World War Z, Ironman 3, and others.