how to render heat distortion with arnold for maya

How to render heat distortion with arnold for maya generator#

Added subtle distortion to CG grass to simulate the feeling of grass swaying when raptor runs in itġ1. Matched the grade of the CG grass & blended with the plate’s grass (blacks, midtones and highlights match)ġ0. Added CG grass to the plate by projecting them onto cardsĩ.

Added debris splash at appropriate locations, when the raptor kicksĨ. Integrated raptor shadow by distorting it with plate, keying and removing highlights from grass where the shadow fallsħ. Created raptor shadow in nuke itself, using relight setup with the normals pass of the raptor in 3DĦ. Integrated the raptor better into the shot by adjusting AOVs and advanced AOVs (Utility passes)ĥ. Added the raptor into the forest plate (blacks match, midtones and highlights)Ĥ.

How to render heat distortion with arnold for maya generator#

Generated N, P, Zdepth of forest plate using depth map generator and converted the green forest setup into a morning look by manipulating these passesģ. IN MAYA: Setup lighting for the raptor and rendered out necessary passes & AOVs using Arnold as the render engineĢ. Added photographic properties to the shot - haze, diffusion and grain Added lens distortion to the castle & dragonġ4. Added a subtle dust burst fx when the dragon wings swing over the hill as it moves upwardsġ3. Distorted dragon shadow and reduced its matte intensity to create a soft matted shadow for the overcast day as in the plateġ2. Integrated the dragon shadow with the footage (keyed out the dragon shadow from the shadows in the plate to avoid doubling shadow and removed highlights on the rocks when the shadow passes over them)ġ1.

Adjusted AOVs and advanced AOVs (Utility passes) of the dragon to match the scene lighting i.e more keylight in the beginning to simulate sun shining on the dragon and less keylight and more fill light as the dragon reaches near the castleġ0. Matched the dragon to the plate i.e defocus, blacks and grade matchĩ. Blended the edges of the castle to the mountain using UV projection of an organic edged rotoĨ. Adjusted AOVs and advanced AOVs (Utility passes) of the castle render to blend the castle with the scene lightingħ. Matched the castle render to the plate i.e blacks match, highlights and midtones match, defocus matchĦ. Replaced the sky with a new cloudy sky and matched the grade of the sky (blacks match, midtones, highlights)ĥ. Projected painted out regions on the plate (footage) using 3D projectionĤ. Painted out the road, horse riders and housesģ. In MAYA: Setup lighting for the dragon and rendered out necessary passes & AOVs using Arnold as the render engineĢ. To achieve this shot, I did the following: