3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen
Viewport Preparation
A course by Juan Paulo Mardónez , Designer
About the video: Viewport Preparation
Overview
“In this lesson, we will prepare the technical conditions to favor creative work in Maya . Using an existing sphere with hair, I will explain how the viewport , the antialiasing , the light and the shadows allow sculpting the fur with predictable results. In addition, I will teach you how to create interactive lights to work with basic lighting in real time. ”
In this video lesson Juan Paulo Mardónez addresses the topic: Viewport Preparation, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen. Learn an effective and simple method to create a 3D character's fur.
Partial transcription of the video
“Viewport Preparation We will see the preparation of the Viewport to get the most out of Maya. The first thing I want you to see and make sure is that your Maya, in this case I am using Maya 2018, but your Maya is using the best conditions. The first and that has to do with your graphics card is that you check the system preferences in this icon, and when you go to the Display section make sure the Rendering engine is DirectX 11, ok? If for any reason you had another active option, I want you to change it to DirectX 11 and save preferences and restart Maya. Once you have restarted Maya if ne...”
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Course summary for: 3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen
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3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling

Juan Paulo Mardónez
A course by Juan Paulo Mardónez
Juan Paulo Mardónez is the general director and owner of Leyenda, an animation and visual effects studio in Santiago, Chile. In 1994 he began his career as a graphic designer and soon after he went fully into 3D creation. In this couple of decades he has worked in all areas of 3D production of his company. He currently works with his Legend team "from the trench", learning and solving problems.
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