there is something http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Render_a_SolidWorks_Model_in_Maya#Creating_an_HDRI_environment and there http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/tutorials/rendering-lighting/general/c/create-your-own-hdr-environment-map-in-maya-mental hdri give you soft global sky shadows to create poor hdri simple convert image in 32 bit/chaner and save under .hdr. sorry a don't know maya, will be find more if i had a time
Horizon! don't forget! Fine but hmmm maybe a bit brighter will be look better
ReplyDeleteoh I remembered some trick: convert background to poor hdr and use it as hdr environment map with the original.
ReplyDeleteYeah still need to fix a few details, any suggestions on how to correct the horizon. I'm not too sure what you're referring to by HDR though.
ReplyDeletethere is something
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Render_a_SolidWorks_Model_in_Maya#Creating_an_HDRI_environment
and there
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/tutorials/rendering-lighting/general/c/create-your-own-hdr-environment-map-in-maya-mental
hdri give you soft global sky shadows
to create poor hdri simple convert image in 32 bit/chaner and save under .hdr.
sorry a don't know maya, will be find more if i had a time
Cool, I'll try to do some of that if I get the chance. Have to worry about getting the basics done first. :)
ReplyDeleteabout horizon
ReplyDeletehttp://toi.bk.tudelft.nl/maya/help/docs/Maya2008/en_US/ArchGuide/arch_sunsky.html
under the horizon_blur
i think it helps
you need somethink like this
ReplyDeletehttp://www.render.ru/images/uploads/Image/Tutor/max/371/image034.jpg