Lighting in Arnold for Maya | Lighting Tutorial

[@scarletthammer5270]

Thanks for the tutorial, I got more from this than 3 years at Uni

[@tess3333]

Literally same!

[@SereneBobcat]

Wow, I can't tell you how awesome this is. Lighting is a topic wrapped in black cloth and hidden in a box and dumped at the bottom of the sea, so thank you for shedding a light!!

[@XtrimUniverse]

Possibly the first proper video on lighting theoriticals I've found. Thanks a lot for this wonderful share !!!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks NewAge! I'm so glad that people are finding this useful!

[@jimmyog]

Wow, you made the best lighting tutorial ever. You should start taking donations! I'm sure people would appreciate your efforts. You were able to cover more than my lecturer at uni

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you are liking it man. Your wish is my command, I've included a donation link in my banner on my youtube mainpage :D

[@santiagoruiz7490]

So I've lighting like a noob for like 3 years. Awesome information and video. Thanks!

[@muhdsyukri8982]

when he said 'oh noo' i felt that

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hahah, yes it is always painful

[@angelnievesphoto]

classic Maya lol

[@madstylesnz]

Brent you're a lifesaver, I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my area light is so weak it's barely visible, simply turning off normalize and voila it actually finally works properly, always the way - one little tick box.

[@AlexSantos-xw4tg]

This is by far one of the best tutorials I've seen in years. Not that other people post stuff that is not worth my time. It's that this was good. Hats off!

[@steventwigg2369]

Hahaha the crash at 16:26 ... and that's why you save every 1.5 minutes in Maya. Very interesting lighting tutorial. Thanks!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Haha, Thanks Steven!

[@liamoohay24365]

...and I have been using '7' in the viewport... to light my scene... Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@VoxAndrews]

Honestly, mate, this video is amazing! My Uni gives me these others based on older versions of Maya which do an alright job, but these show a level of artistry way beyond those! I look forward to seeing more of your work as time goes on, especially if there are more videos on lighting. Keep being awesome!

[@howezter6427]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, my professor talked about this for four hours over complicating it and you were able to make it so much clearer. Once again thank you so much

[@eshan309]

What an amazing premium tutorial for free! Thank you so much. Learned many things!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching. I just moved and getting settled in. New tutorials coming soon

[@ramdpshah]

thanks for tutorial this is my first maya tutorial i have watched and its inspiring

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad to hear that!

[@emmanuelb1057]

Just discover your tutorials, thank you ! I mean it. Learning so much from you ! Cheers

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hey Emmanuel, I'm so glad you find it helpful. More to come!

[@RochanLive2d]

Thank you so much !!!! I always thought arnold had just the intensity , color and exposure options, you really helped me !! And the lighting guide is useful for drawing too , thank youu ! You won a subscriber

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hey Ralukiz! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial, there always seems to be a few more things to learn. I feel like this everyday. Thanks for watching!

[@shaneoneilani]

Holy crap. Did not know about Light Blockers. Thanks!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Yeah, they are insanely useful haha.

[@mykhaylovuchastyy9947]

That Maya crash though haha. Awesome tutorial man, the blockers are really useful!

[@tlilmiztli]

Fantastic! I am coming from Blender to Maya and boy this is helpful man! The ease with what I can now plan the scene with that light blocking... ow boy, loving it. Thank you so much! I can imagine youre a busy person but hope you will show some Maya tips in the future still. Have a good one!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad I could help!

[@salinaywy6965]

It helps me a lot for my school final project! Love your tutorial ! keep it up :D

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks, will do!

[@grahamjones5786]

Silo Lowman! what a model, still use him myself, great help by the way cheers

[@dubstepdancebear]

Just found out about your channel, it's pure gold Thank you

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hello John, I appreciate it! Thanks for watching.

[@CrayVee]

Amazing and clear tutorials! I barely comment on youtube videos but man, such a great tutorial, so professional!

[@MANIAKRA]

Wow, this is a solidly made video. Quality channel! Glad to have found it.

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Maniakra! Let me know if there are any topics you are interested in that I could cover.

[@MANIAKRA]

@@BrentLeBlancCG For sure, I will likely have a question for you down the road. Just getting into Look Dev for film myself. Thanks.

[@improvementTime10.3.17]

3:07 light falloff is affected by scale/size of model 4:40 normalize decouples scale and exposure

[@tamires3d]

How!! This tutorial really help me to render my project. Thank u so much! You won a subscriber :D

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thank you Tamires! Glad it was helpful

[@Chilledoutredhead]

seriously great tutorial, and nothing like the totally awesome fatal crash out of nowhere when you havent saved you scene in a while. thanks maya. lol

[@bhuwansharmaa]

hi Brent, how are you ? your tuts are really amazing,,,,,,,,,,,, can you make a tutorial on making a realistic glass that has fingerprints and smudges on it?(in any software and rendering engine)....................... I am really trying it hard but not getting that realistic smudgy look................... my render looks kind of powder been added on top of glass but not that smudgy look. thanks, Bhuwan sharma

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hey Bhuwan, yeah I think that's something I could do. Look for it in a future tutorial. Thanks for watching!

[@cignoir]

Omg...this is very helpful for me. Thank you so much!!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

I'm so glad you found it useful Shulla. Thanks for watching!

[@buntypradhan2892]

just lo e your work bravery helpful video ,lots of love from India

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad it was helpful!

[@박지호-h6i4o]

Thank you for tutorial ~ ! :) 감사합니다!

[@charlottewilkinson7586]

Such a fantastic tutorial, thank you so much!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Charlotte!

[@yaspo2440]

Amazing, thanks!

[@jquintero462]

Is it possible to show the showcase-final thoughts in a different video but a bit slower? To study more the steps. Thank you.

[@paolaabril2922]

amazng videos! will save it for later, i want to try getting some bsics to render my animatio shots without depending much on others. this is awesome! I'm just having an issue...all of my materials are arnold materials, but I can't manage to get my character casts chadows on the surface she is on.

[@trustingod6762]

such an amazing tutorial, thanks bro

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Walid!

[@jacquelinemarquez485]

wonderful tutorial! thank you so much

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks for watching Jacqueline!

[@III3555]

Thanks for sharing, great video.

[@tadeomarines6135]

Super like!! Amazing video

[@crazy_octopus]

incredible, thank you

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad you liked it!

[@prashantadhikari3311]

Amazing Tutorial Thank you so much

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks!

[@aneebartist7207]

Brilliant ! Thank you so much :)

[@djsandrocostaoficial]

Awesome! Thanks dude!

[@virstudios2866]

Very very useful, thank you so much :) Tho I couldn't upload the object downloaded from MyMiniFactory to Maya. Could you suggest me how to do it? Thank you very much

[@sakshipateriya2963]

Thanks for the tutorial :)

[@cortocorelli9918]

thanks a lot for this tutorial 🔥

[@alexander-er8io]

thank you so much, i bought a tut but it was not as clear as this. awsume

[@yuqinghuang6376]

Very useful! Thank you!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks for watching!

[@silmusashi]

Amazing video, I have subscribed and look forward for more amazing videos from you.

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks for watching!

[@grandaddyjesus]

16:26 story of my Maya Career

[@kneelbeforeLord]

thanks for the vid! any new link to the lighting guide pdf please?

[@Omega_Art]

Hello there, cool video. Could you explain how you set the parameters for the rendering? thanks

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hey Carlotta, I'll try to explain how rendering parameters in the next video. However, I'm not doing anything overly complicated. Cheers!

[@Omega_Art]

Brent Le Blanc thanks a lot, sorry I’m a self taught so everything is difficult for me cause I have no teachers 😅 but thanks 😁😁😁

[@Djdare95]

Thanks for this tut 🔥💛

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

No problem. Thanks for watching!

[@Myminifactory]

Impressive video!

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thank you, Impressive Scan Library! :D

[@anishxxi]

I love making 3D model's !!

[@Gruntpunch]

Great tutorial Brent! I noticed you turn off your Render as you make changes to the light. Is there a reason for this? Like to save on memory or Maya's stability.

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Cheyne! I turn it off and on for stability. Sometimes I've noticed that Maya will crash when I'm toggling settings with IPR active. Just a habit I suppose.

[@Gruntpunch]

@@BrentLeBlancCG A good habit too! :) I quickly added this to my workflow after several crashes. Cheers!

[@cloudjonny3d]

Thanks a lot! Really usefull :)

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad to hear that!

[@TheAhmedAdel]

amazing work really thank you for being in the world 😂😂👍👍👍

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

It's my pleasure

[@milagroswarnholtz2137]

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! i tried to download the burst of david but for some reason my maya wouldn't let me, could you tell me if you downloaded it in a different way?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks! Make sure you activate STL addon in your plugins.

[@gamelabpc6591]

Just wow,🔥

[@jkartz92]

That's a clean one, what are the best render settings to avoid noise in the scene especially when there's fur elements in the scene?

[@wvilsonwallace7925]

Great tutorial. how do i decrease the noise?

[@Gildarts69]

Adjust the samples by incresing them

[@chiedozieokafor6689]

Thanks Brent. You are a good teacher. How can i share my own follow-along with you.

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Sure!

[@Franzellahh]

Great tutorial :)

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Appreciate it Francesco!

[@benedictilagan2158]

thanks , additional ideas.

[@olucasmicael]

Thats a functional tutorial.

[@linoftw]

saved me, thanks!

[@tejasrawat6181]

So blocker can be used for creating light beams. But is there any other way to create light beam?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

You mean a light beam with volume? You would first need fog for the light to illuminate

[@oscarcampbellhobson]

Would a widescreen or dual monitor be better?

[@za88y]

Clean tutorial .. wp

[@oliveuk]

Really good.

[@MainDoodler]

I was underestimating arnold for a long time. Btw I've heard they are making ArnoldGPU. Any options for upgrade from verion that I got with my Maya?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Yeah, Arnold is really an incredible renderer. Very easy to get up to speed and get good results. I've heard that Arnold is developing an XPU pipeline soon. Which would be a combination of GPU and CPU

[@vinayarya2228]

thanks.. very BIG thanks

[@21copyCat]

What is the render settings for this tutorial? Is it at default ?

[@MrA16R]

May I ask where you got that real world scaled human model? It looks pretty handy

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld

[@MrA16R]

@@BrentLeBlancCG Thanks

[@harshitology3498]

great bro

[@atf56]

thyank you for this tuto! may i know your system config?

[@hamzabensalah3972]

very useful thanks

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thank you Hamza! Glad you find it useful

[@mohamadshammaa95]

Great one

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thank you Mohamad!

[@ciecle1000]

good job men

[@wadalapichu4873]

thank you for this:))

[@yadnex1912]

Hey "Unrecognized error" even after enabling that STL plugin idk whats the issue , even after restart -Maya 2020 student version

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hmm, not sure tbh

[@mae5771]

at 8:08 i didnt have the transform do u know why?

[@dimeolas777]

How are you using the myminifactory meshes in maya. All I find are .stl files that Maya doesnt open?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

You need to make sure that you have the stl extension active in your Maya Addons

[@aminhnejad6311]

Great ! Thanks 🙏

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Amin!

[@TheWolfKidHowls]

In my Maya (2020 version) I don't see the 'New Group' option. Do I need to enable it anywhere?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Not sure if this is still available.

[@2Danny64]

could you upload the scene? could we use it as a prefab?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

I don't tend to upload my assets, but I may do so in the future. Thanks!

[@jalvarez6842]

Nice. But I cant access your lighting guide image :(

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Oh, thats a shame. It's likely the website stopped hosting the image.

[@jalvarez6842]

@@BrentLeBlancCG How can I have that image sir?

[@anneeldemerdash4950]

can i ask something why when i download the sculpture the file tell me when i import it in maya its unrecognized ?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

www.myminifactory.com/scantheworld Make sure you have in your Maya addons .sti enabled

[@omaralfarooqpn9654]

Gracias :)

[@devingee6463]

Link is down for the Lighting Guide.

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Aww, that's unfortunate. Any film photography works, you can look at cinematography for film as well as great reference.

[@shu333]

Man this really really makes me wanna render my stuff in arnold but I just can’t get my materials looking right in arnold just as they do in substance. I’ve been avoiding figuring it out and just rendering my shit in marmoset, but I really wanna learn how to render in Arnold properly. It has something to do with color space maybe idk. Does anyone have an idea what I’m talking about? Would really appreciate it

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Yeah Arnold is fantastic. I'd study up on OpenColor.io

[@xxero_foxx]

I can't be the only one who saw the bright green, um.... "artifact" on the Scan the World shop there

[@AArmstrongC]

thanks!

[@SJ-yl3xp]

Thank you for for your tutorial. When it comes to a website, do I have to pay if I want to import the file into maya? I downloaded it In free and maya couldn't read stl file..T.T

[@Austinthesauce]

on the import window (cmd + i) change file type to stl import

[@5753varo]

very nice

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Thanks Alvaro!

[@joypercy3084]

Thank you

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Glad it was helpful Joy

[@stevenscott1448]

anybody know how he got the renderview on the right? i can get that window but it doesnt update real time i have to keep rerendering

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Are you using Arnold renderer? Also how fast it updates may depend on your computer hardware. As far as renderview placement, there is some guides online on how to modify your setup. Clicking through panels etc.

[@0x0abb]

Real world scale. So are you assuming the grid units are meters or cm?

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

I suppose I should clarify, what you should do is pick a scale and stick with it for everything. You can always rebalance your lights to the scale of your scene, but I've always gotten good results setting the scene scale to cm, then adjusting my grid so that it shows Meter Squares, 10 cm Squares and then 1 cm squares. There is really no "right" way to do it, just maybe best practices. I worked at a studio for almost a decade that had its own scale preferences that were not at all world scale, but everything was consistent across their entire asset library. However, when you are trying to match real footage with camera focal lengths and light intensities I think its advisable to pick something like cm or meters and model objects accordingly. When you are modeling furniture or similar objects you can usually find blue prints or dimensions listed and would be very easy for you to match if you are using proper scene scales. Good luck!

[@maxcardenas8257]

the light blockers are not working for me :( I do have pretty high light intensity though and the density of light blockers are at max

[@BrentLeBlancCG]

Hmm, hard to diagnose without images of the problem. Did you figure it out? Usually "a pretty high light intensity" makes me question that could be it. Scene scale? Blocker position?