Creating a Swampy Landscape Using V-Ray Scatter in Maya
In this Maya tutorial, we'll learn how to create a landscape image with complex greenery using V-Ray Scatter in Maya. Software required: Maya 2013, V-Ray for Maya 2.4, V-Ray Scatter for Maya 4.0, Adobe Photoshop CC, An Ivy Generator.
What you'll learn
In this Maya tutorial, we'll learn how to create a landscape image with complex greenery using V-Ray Scatter in Maya. Outdoor scenes can sometimes be intimidating and we can overcome this by scattering thousands of geometries across a terrain. We'll learn how to create objects to be scattered by utilizing V-Ray proxies in Maya as well as setting up shaders and lighting. We'll also learn how to set up the render settings and render passes which we'll composite in Photoshop with a large amount of control. By the end of this Maya training you'll feel more confident when approaching a scene with large amounts of foliage, grasses, and plants. Software required: Maya 2013, V-Ray for Maya 2.4, V-Ray Scatter for Maya 4.0, Adobe Photoshop CC, An Ivy Generator.
Table of contents
- Gathering Our Assets for the Project 10m
- Creating Custom Paint Effects 11m
- Shading Our Custom Grasses 9m
- Examining Assets for the Scene Composition 8m
- Using V-Ray Scatter for Our Scene 11m
- Lighting Our Scene and Using a Linear Workflow 9m
- Testing the Materials 6m
- Preparing Our Scene for the Final Render 9m
- Examining Our Render Passes in Photoshop 8m
- Compositing Our Image in Photoshop 7m
- Utilizing Camera Raw and Finalizing Our Image 8m
About the author
Terry Riyasat is a Toronto based VFX Superviser and CG Generalist that has been working in the industry for 10 years. Over his career he has worked in film and commercials with the bulk of his work in television. Currently supervising at a studio in Toronto, he applies his knowledge of time saving tricks of the trade to make sure his crew delivers on tight television deadlines while getting the most quality out of the shots.