Generalist Tips&Tricks Vol 2
Hey guys, Here the second part of the generalist Tip&tricks !
Part I here :
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2xk9AA
This is my process for most of my environments work from creating quick nice layout with world machine, kitbashing lightings and finishing with Particles effects.
I believe that you might know few of theses tricks but I hope others can still learn something new from it. I will be more than happy if this could be helpful to help your creativity and productivity !
Stay tune for more and Thanks for watching !
Cheers !
Worldmachine - Import any 3D layout that you have into world machine to create outstanding landscape !
Lighting - Work with lightings kitbash. Export different lights and Vray preset to speed up your workflow ! Merge and use them as a starting base.
Phoenix - If you have Phoenix extension, add some water effect to your environments by adding a PhoenixOcean displacement. It's simulating waves and more..and it's animated !
Zbrush : I like to duplicate rocks sometimes to create nice Terraces. Simply use the Dynamesh and sculpt more details after. You can always optimize by removing the faces underneath.
Lighting - Separate your Spec from your diffuse light, so you can tweak each values ( diffuse and spec ) separately and avoid any burnt renders !
After-Effects / Photoshop - Use your Zdepth pass to create quick fakefog. It's perfect when you're doing an animation and you can't 'rendertime' afford a Vrayfog
Particule Flow - Create nice Atmospheric effect like air dust to improve your atmospheres !
It's adding a very nice effect when the camera is moving in. DOF and Motion blur 'on'. I exaggerated the lights and the size so you can see it better
This is how it looks like in your final shot. Adding on top of your beauty around 25% opacity.