Maya 2018 tutorial : Arnold Mesh Lights, how to set them up

[@g43654]

Arnold tends to be an ass about turning on settings. When we create a light, for goodness' sake turn on the damn light, at any intensity, by default! But no, you have to turn it on, then crank up the exposure and the intensity! I literally was mad at Maya for giving me black renders all the time when I first played with it! Thank you for the tutorial, Mike!

[@g43654]

@@purpleohm1440 You mean I should go and read the Arnold documentation? Because every KZbinr I watched use Intensity AND exposure to adjust the lights. I'm still a student so obviously I don't know everything like you do. Hey, I had a look at your channel and I'm glad I found some pretty awesome people you follow there! Are you a practicing artist?

[@IGarrettI]

Hey Mike, possible video series on creating a room scene for a IKEA like catalogue ?(forgot the term for it) . Going through steps of how to make it look realistic and not like a 3D render. Would be awesome !

[@samreenahmedi9433]

Can you make more render pass in Arnold like beauty pass, keylight pass, fill light pass, specular pass, shadow pass etc plz make tutorial

[@sayanch96]

Yes i second you. Please makke all the passes sir

[@idmidm-yd7pv]

yes i was searching for lightning tutorial thank you mike

[@trav3d131]

Mike you should be using the arnold render viewer, found in the arnold tab along the top. It's way faster

[@martindiavolo1635]

Nice, can't wait for the work you will be showing from your subscribers :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

First one coming Friday !

[@baza6127]

hi, few years late. Ive done this and it looks well, but i keep getting the error "no polymesh linked to mesh_light", any idea what to do. I tried on another object aswell which worked until i copied it. The lamp i have now is copied and works fine, but shows that error. Any idea? And thank you for your video.

[@AmaanHasanDilawar]

How to illuminate multiple objects with arnold mesh light all at once ?

[@MrHighway29]

thank can u do material substance designer and arnold for example bathroom tile or mirror

[@harshavardhan7378]

Hey Mike I'm an automotive modeler and I'm working on a dodge challenger now, in that car's headlight we got a tube ring with ridges inside. I'm new to lighting so can you make a tutorial on how to emit a light from that tube and tube with inside ridges visible at the same time.

[@nagarajug4109]

Sir plzzz give a tutorial for BG Extension in live image plate

[@DisneyUpBoilerUp]

I'm trying to make a long skinny rectangle into a mesh light, but the line only emits from the center of the rectangle? And it doesn't glow like yours. it kind of casts the light below. When I render it, the scene is kind of lit up, but the rectangle is still black.

[@carlosmiret35]

¿Is it possible to turn one of these lights into a volumetric light in the same scene, while the others are normal?. Only one of the lights.

[@Rifestt]

Great help and a tutorial! Thanks so much!

[@sora1099]

Super helpful tutorial, thanks!

[@Fred241]

could you make the wiggles Big Red Car? from 2012 cause i need to make my own mesh of it. so i can impress my friends.

[@creativewalls31]

love from India

[@TheTreehouseFamily]

The earth isn’t changing my model, it just stays white, do you know why this would be?

[@wink26]

Do tutorial on venom deformation.

[@SpyCrabsUnite]

That's really cool!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks

[@nestorrios9703]

Cool it is easier to handle it than mental ray thanks 👍

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks Nestor

[@laeyo8693]

How come yours still lights up even though your exposure is set to zero? I have to set my Exposure to like, 20 before I see any light at all.

[@jaycal1920]

Hey Its Mike Hermes.. you know when ypu start searching for maya tutorials Mike will be there somewhere like getting in the water for a swim you know theres a shark out there somewhere. ..not that Mike is a shark.. im not implying anything like that.

[@Love2Banime]

Arnold is more realistic than mental ray. What i find hard with arnold is the lighting and lighting rays. Also, doesn't arnold take longer for rendering time than mental ray?

[@samiaouachria2699]

Nice

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks

[@SarFirraEdits]

HEY MIKE WHAT ARE YOUR DESKTOP SPECS??

[@MHTutorials3D]

i7 12 core, 2X 1080T, 64GB, 4TB HDD