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mental ray Workflows in Maya: Subsurface Scattering

Gain a deeper understanding of Subsurface Scattering, how to accurately simulate light behavior, and learn a time-saving approach to lighting and rendering translucent surfaces with mental ray. Software required: Maya 8.0 and up (Maya 2008 required for project files).

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Gain a deeper understanding of Subsurface Scattering, how to accurately simulate light behavior, and learn a time-saving approach to lighting and rendering translucent surfaces with mental ray. Provides over 3 hours of project-driven training for artists learning how to achieve more realistic results with Subsurface Scattering. Popular highlights include: Overview of essential subsurface scattering attributes; Connecting lightmaps to subsurface shaders; Understanding forward and backward scattering; Using bump and normal maps with subsurface shaders; Properly controlling light interaction with translucent surfaces; Controlling scatter bias; Adjusting lightmap's Diffuse Gamma Curve; Adding separate specular/reflection attributes to SSS shaders; Using SSS with final gather; Using textures to drive SSS attributes; Using the Physical SSS shader; Controlling photon interactions with Physical SSS; Absorption and scattering coefficients. Software required: Maya 8.0 and up (Maya 2008 required for project files).

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