Creating Environments In Maya
by Jana Germano /
2017 / English / AZW3
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Whether the look is photorealism or stylized fantasy, Maya® gives you the power to create things that nature can’t or that would be too expensive to create in the real world. Creating Environments in Maya will help you simplify and streamline the process for creating everything from photorealistic interiors and exterior scenes to stylized environments.
“What’s so Real about Photorealism?” tells you how to sell photorealism. While photorealism is re-creating real-life images, it’s actually seen looking through the camera lens, so It’s the flaws and imperfections of the camera that our eyes unconsciously look for as a way to distinguish a film image from reality. Photorealism can mean that the visual effect is so totally convincing that the audience doesn’t see it, which is why it is sometimes called invisible effects.
A fantasy scene is sometimes more difficult to create precisely because it is so obviously an effect and there is no reality to compare your work against. So even when creating fantasy shots, visual effects artists try to add as much of real life as they can to give the shot a more solid foundation.
“Photorealistic Environments” is concerned with everything from a 2.5D matte painting projected onto a model to 3D digital set extension; from single CGI elements lit to match the live action plate to an entire virtual 3D city, in which the background is fully 3D and live-action footage is used only for the talent. Also included in an environment is the scene’s surroundings, such as lighting, props and the phenomena that influence the scene such as atmospheric effects.
The How To exercises help you move seamlessly through efficient workflows building environments and are meant to be applied to your own projects while the Tips and Whys are handy and readily-available resources.
