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An Introduction To Character Lighting Concepts In Maya

An Introduction To Character Lighting Concepts In Maya

on Feb 28th 2012 with 2 comments

Lighting is the one of the most important aspects of creating great looking 3D art, but also one of the most complex and challenging to master. When done correctly it can help build masterpieces, when done incorrectly it can literally destroy even the best of works.

In today’s short, but informative tutorial author Pratik Gulati will introduce you to the fundamentals of character lighting using Autodesk Maya. This is a great entry level tutorial for beginners and more advanced users alike. These universal techniques can be applied to any 3D software, so even non Maya users can follow along!

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Achieving Realistic Results With 3ds Max & V-Ray, An Interior Lighting And Rendering Overview

Achieving Realistic Results With 3ds Max & V-Ray, An Interior Lighting And Rendering Overview

on Feb 9th 2012 with 25 comments

In this tutorial, Pratik Gulati will give you an insightful overview of interior lighting and rendering in 3d Studio Max using V-Ray. Pratik will discuss his work-flow and the techniques he uses to achieve realistic results. You’ll learn how to setup interior lighting, create V-Ray shaders and the settings needed to render a modern bathroom scene realistically!

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Creating Depth Of Field Using Maya Z-Depth Passes And Photoshop

Creating Depth Of Field Using Maya Z-Depth Passes And Photoshop

on Dec 6th 2011 with 3 comments

Depth of field can prove to be a very effective way to add an overall sense of depth to your final renders, and also helps to draw the viewers focus to a specific area of the image (similar to a real world camera.) In this short tutorial Pratik Gulati, will cover the process of setting up and rendering out Z-Depth passes from Maya, which can later be combined with the beauty pass in Photoshop, to achieve a realistic DOF effect.

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Making Of: The Abandoned Lobby in Maya and Mentalray, A Lighting & Rendering Overview

Making Of: The Abandoned Lobby in Maya and Mentalray, A Lighting & Rendering Overview

on Nov 21st 2011 with 10 comments

In this overview tutorial, author Pratik Gulati will give you valuable insight into Lighting and Rendering a scene in Maya using Mentalray. Using his “Abandoned Backyard Lobby” image as a basis, Pratik will discuss how he approached the Lighting setup and walk you through the render settings for achieving a very realistically lit interior scene with Mentalray.

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Quick Tip: How to Setup Camera Projection in 3Ds Max

Quick Tip: How to Setup Camera Projection in 3Ds Max

on Dec 17th 2010 with 9 comments

In today’s quicktip tutorial, Pratik Gulati continues on from where he left off in his extremely popular Modeling from Photographic Reference post, and takes a look at how to setup camera projections in 3DsMax using the Camera Map Per Pixel shader. Let’s take a look…

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Modeling from Photographic Reference in 3DsMax

Modeling from Photographic Reference in 3DsMax

on Oct 7th 2010 with 37 comments

In today’s tutorial, Pratik Gulati takes a look at how to reproduce a model from a reference image, even if you don’t have any information on the camera used! Let’s take a look…

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Quick Tip: Creating Custom Marking Menus in Maya

Quick Tip: Creating Custom Marking Menus in Maya

on Jun 30th 2010 with 2 comments

Whether created for a specific project or even if you’ve had the same ones for years, marking menus form an essential part of the Maya interface. In this time-saving quick tip tutorial, Pratik Gulati will be walking us through how to create our own marking menus from scratch in Maya 2009.

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Texturing, Lighting & Rendering ‘The Church Of Light’ in 3Ds Max

Texturing, Lighting & Rendering ‘The Church Of Light’ in 3Ds Max

on Jun 28th 2010 with 20 comments

In this tutorial, Pratik Gulati walks us through how he created his stunning image, ‘The Church of Light’, using 3Ds Max. He covering all of the modeling, material creation, lighting, render passes and the post-production techniques used.

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Step-by-Step : How to Make an Animated Movie

Step-by-Step : How to Make an Animated Movie

on Jun 9th 2010 with 51 comments

In this in-depth article, Pratik Gulati walks us through the many stages involved in creating an animated movie from scratch, whether it be the next Hollywood blockbuster or the shortest of short films. So if you’re thinking about trying it yourself and want to know how it’s done, or even if you’re just curious about the process, this article is one you don’t want to miss.

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Realistically Light and Render Interior Scenes using 3ds Max and Vray

on Feb 19th 2010 with 122 comments

Discover the secrets behind properly lighting and rendering interior scenes with 3ds Max and Vray in this easy to follow, step by step walkthrough. Scene setup, modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering for realistic output will all be discussed, so there is literally something in here for everyone!

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