Intro to Maya: Lesson 4 / 10 - Lighting a scene

[@katuz9366]

I cant describe how I'm happy that i found ur tutorials! i got stuck with some really small detail and u helped me thanks a lot

[@sijusebenezer6077]

Priceless tutorial....Litreally Priceless... I can't thank enough for what you are providing for free. Respect Sir!

[@haslover100]

Whenever I press the light button it just turns my sphere dark instead of the floor

[@natanielrichter4435]

Best video ive seen since the vietnam war paintball

[@TopsonNoble]

The viewport display is as good as blender's eevee... Nice one Autodesk

[@DragonNuts]

I would say Eevee is better though

[@Autodesk_Maya]

--> Next Lesson: Coloring and shading objects kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvVqqNmiMuSgas

[@donggeon-kim]

Thank you for the great video! By the way, how do I set up the solid infinite background as you did? Mine only shows the grid.

[@Autodesk_Maya]

It's actually just a plane with 3 lights on it, lol

[@donggeon-kim]

@@Autodesk_Maya Haha okay. Thank you! Thank you for your great videos as well!!!

[@emmanuelmulaudzi9765]

Can you send me the link of the image you used for the sky light

[@mr.orangemittai]

How to bring the Rectangular base instead of the Grid so I can see the Light Shadows ?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

You can just create a polygon plane underneath the sphere.

[@mr.orangemittai]

@@Autodesk_Maya Yeah Okay got it... ! thanks 🙂❣️

[@TheAlmightyPillock]

@@Autodesk_Maya that would be a good thing to start the lession with. Remember, we know nothing, and all those little assumptions are making these lessons a bit difficult.

[@wahgianlucthehobo2478]

how can i search the images for lighting in .hdri format

[@TonyHmt]

0:24 Rendering shelf now its called Shading, if I'm not mistaking

[@Ohzzy90]

It's still the same Using Maya 2025

[@thatonesomeone4156]

Okay so my images do not appear and the shadows all around my shape are blocks and ugly looking. As well as the intensity not being right when I use to area light I don’t know what to do help

[@Ohzzy90]

Same here man, did you fix it? I'm still struggling I tried building a block just after the circle like he did, they all became dark

[@thatonesomeone4156]

@@Ohzzy90 I honestly don’t know sorry, I kept trying with different images and it worked with one of them maybe it has to do with the resolution. For the lights, they’re still the same

[@Ohzzy90]

@@thatonesomeone4156 Images? There was only blocks You imported an image?

[@supercatsoup]

whats the difference between .hcr and .exr files?

[@phamme5462]

(You deserve more views) commenting for youtube algorithm

[@samdinnat6542]

My shadow under my sphere is very jagged and rectangular, any idea as to why that is?

[@supratipdas1711]

How would I make the floor grey to cast shadow on?

[@hermesthagreat]

Thank you for this video, really educative. Although I don’t know how how to import a surface material. When I click on one of those it takes me to attribute editor then I’m stuck.

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Check out part 5 and 6 which are about materials and texturing.

[@had0uk3n32]

How do i make my grid like yours ? I can't apply anything to mine. Tnx for the tutorials btw !

[@Autodesk_Maya]

That’s actually just a polygon plane under the sphere. 😂

[@sepid9778]

Why don't I have Arnold Shelf at all??? 😭😭 Is this sth new in Maya 2020? I'm using 2017 version 😔😔

[@barnabasszakal7258]

Great lessons sir!

[@aravind1157]

Under Arnold im unable to add sky dome light,.. What I can do.? It is giving the error of,.. Object has no attributes

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Try resetting your prefs then creating one again: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqHXppqlg8yqd7c

[@quebix2288]

Has maya 2019 got arnold shelf? If it has, why doesn't it show? Have I to install arnold manually?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Try going to Windows > Settings > Plug-in Manager. In that editor, see if you can find an "mtoa" plug-in and activate it. If you can't find it, it means you skipped installing Arnold when you installed Maya so you'll need to re-install it.

[@quebix2288]

When I try to press "loaded" I get an error message

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Sounds like Arnold was installed, but perhaps its the wrong version of it was installed incorrectly. Try re-downloading from here www.arnoldrenderer.com/download/

[@quebix2288]

I tried to install it to solidangle and to Maya's folder. Maybe I have to re-download Maya?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

@@quebix2288 Yeah sorry, I would try that. If you're still having problems after that, try posting on the AREA forums and someone with more installer knowledge than me can help you out.

[@baileyharwood7831]

HOW DO I FIND AN HDR IMAGE I CAN NOT FIND ONE ON GOOGLE IMGES PLEASE HELP MY KIDS ARE LEAVING ME

[@brhbdjdj9981]

hdrihaven.com/

[@teo-medesi]

@@brhbdjdj9981 Bruh, they only have ground shots, where the fuck did he find the skybox one.

[@baileyharwood7831]

@@teo-medesi My kids left me. I am in spain but the s is silent. I couldn't find an hdr imge in time. She took the kids.

[@baileyharwood7831]

@@brhbdjdj9981 you let me down.

[@ShankABat]

@@baileyharwood7831 betrayal

[@kavitarijwani6871]

but how to make the base like that, I can't turn my base grey color.

[@Ohzzy90]

It's by default

[@dikia.8357]

im using maya student license, how to get arnold? thanks!

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Have you tried this? knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-request-an-Arnold-Educational-License.html

[@hermesthagreat]

Do we create a polygon plane before trying to add lights?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

You don't have to, but it's hard to tell the lights exist unless they have something to bounce off of.

[@Ohzzy90]

​@@Autodesk_Mayathe only problem is when adding the light The object becomes darker Is there supposed to be an object understands the plane?😊

[@SMCNDYYC]

for your hdri or exe where can i download it??

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Try polyhaven.com

[@thirteenbinary]

Where can I download HDR?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

polyhaven.com/hdris

[@jonathan.w1498]

When I open "Create Render Node" there is no file option for me. I can not import anything.

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Try clicking the "2D Textures" filter on the left side of that window. Does it appear then?

[@jonathan.w1498]

@@Autodesk_Maya worked thanks!

[@tayam92]

How do I turn on Skydome without arnold? Is it possible?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Unfortunately, you need Arnold for image based lighting.

[@eshanshams8720]

My rendering tab is missing

[@techo___o]

I clicked at the color palette's button and nothing happen. I can't use hdr skydome right now.

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Are you sure the palette isn't hidden behind some other window?

[@eb2151]

What is lighting a scene and how do we do it Why before colour objects it’s important to light them first in order to get the most accurate results and how What does in order and accurate results mean Why we can create lights in the rendering shelf and how What is rendering shelf Why did white thing go to word rendering at top Why two of the more useful ones are : directional and area Why was red thing that said directional: simulates sunlight under yellow things What does directional: simulates sunlight mean What is : Where are the yellow things on top and grey stuff next to them What is directional and area Why under sixth yellow circle was area: simulates smaller lights and what does this mean and why and what are they for What does simulates mean Why to see the effects of the light in a scene, turn on the lights in the viewport and how What is viewport and effects Why is red thing around blue square thing Why we can also turn on shadows, ambient occlusion, and anti - aliasing and how and why for even more accuracy and how What is shadows and ambient occlusion and anti - aliasing Why then we can select each light and which and modify it with the move, rotate, or scale tool and how When do we use move rotate and scale tool Why blue thing with blue green and red started moving and circle went around them Why the stuff started moving and white thing too Why we can find things like colour, intensity, and exposure settings in the the attribute editor under each light’s shape tab What is intensity and exposure settings and colour and light’s shape tab Why did white thing go to attribute editor Why on right it is showing areaLightShape1 and under is areaLight and in black rectangle it shows areaLightShape1 and on right is two rectangles and focus and presets and show and hide and what do all these mean What is sample and black rectangle next to it Why does it show directional light attributes and under is type area light and under that is Color and next to colour is white square and what does all this mean Why is it showing intensity and number 1.000 and under is white thing in black box and next to that is illuminates by default and under is emit diffuse and emit specular and of left of it is white thing in square and what are all these Why is it showing decay rate and on right of it no decay and what does this mean Why is it showing normally with white thing in square next to it and what does this mean What is light effects and shadows and objects display and Arnold and mode behaviour and UUID and extra attributes and why is it on right Why was white rectangle next to number next to intensity moving What is arealight and areaLightShape1 What is sample and black satiate next to it What is colour history and all the stuff around it Why was white rectangle next to intensity moving Why another important light lives in the Arnold shelf What is Arnold shel What is import light and why did you say that What does lives mean Why did red rectangle go around the word Arnold Why this and which is the sky dome light, which allows you to apply image based lighting to our sceneand how What is apply and image based lighting Why it shows red square with skydome: simulate light from an image under yellow circle under word poly modelling What is skydome and scene Why to connect an image file, click the color’s palette button in the skydome’s shape tab and why then assign a file and how What is assign and file What is connect and image file and colour’s palette and shape tab and button Why did white thing go to white and black square that was in red rectangle Why is it showing create render node and under option and help and under that is a black rectangle and right of that is white small rectangle and under that on left is favourites and Maya and Maya and surface and volumetric and displacement and 2D textures and 3D textures and env textures and other textures and lights and utilities and image planes and glow and rendering and Arnold and shader and texture and light and utility and at right it shows bulge and checker and cloth and file and fluid texture 2D and fractal and grid and Mandelbrot and mountain and movie and noise and ocean and PSD File and ramp and simples noise and water and brownian and cloud and crater and fluid texture 3D and granite and leather and mandelbrot3D and Marble and rock and snow and what do all these mean Why was white thing on white thing on right Why did big rectangle with white words come up Why for image based lighting you wanna use a special type of image with a dot hdr or dot exr extension and how What is image based lighting and special type of image and dot hdr and dot exr extension Why did white thing go on 0.01 hdr and it turned blue then it went on 0.86_hdrmaps_com_free_exr and that turned blue and why to right there was picture Why you can find free ones all around the internet and how do we find them on internet and of what What is internet Why finally we can use control h to hide lights to see their effects and how and what do you mean by this What is control h What are effects What is ctrl + H and why was it showing in white square Why is it good to see their effects Why now the scene is beautifully lit, you’re ready for some materials What are materials and lit and scene Why for more lessons like this hit the like and subscribe button below and how What is like and subscribe button Why then click the link on our screen to continue on to the next lesson and how What does continue and link mean

[@wawa-uv9lb]

bro💀

[@eb2151]

@@wawa-uv9lbwhy did you say bro

[@Ohzzy90]

Bro isn't ready for this software 💀

[@TheClarity101]

my skydome came out so massive it cant show the clouds properly like this, what needs fixing? it's basically a giant ball too big to even show the clouds

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Try using the Scale Tool to shrink the aiSkydomeLight object until you can see them properly.

[@conductorz7690]

Where can i get .hdr files?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Check out polyhaven.com/

[@conductorz7690]

@@Autodesk_Maya Thank you very much

[@cantecepentrucopii6107]

When i turn off the light 0:43 ...its turn off the light of the sphere not of background

[@ItsJustMeStevie]

same

[@NavyGatorMyEye]

@CANTECE PENTRU COPII You have to select the Skydome light to hide it. What he's showing at 1:43 is how to hide the Direction light and the Area light. You can hide the Skydome light the same way by clicking on it first and then Control H.

[@gioelemorello2676]

where can i find free .exr files?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Check out polyhaven.com/hdris

[@benja-qo1fj]

idk how to put the floor on lol

[@marindumitru9707]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ7EnJRtfZdpa5o

[@Ohzzy90]

There's a tool for that next to the circle polygon And how was your lightning, did they all turn out black? Or it's just like the video

[@lildamsvirtuals314]

Lesson 1-4 pls?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

Lildams Virtuals kzbin.info/aero/PLD8E5717592CF5C26

[@mzax]

Control H takes me out of Maya?

[@Autodesk_Maya]

That’s odd. Is there another program running that has a Ctl+H hot key?

[@kamalyassine7035]

This is nice.

[@rusandutv5845]

Thank you sir

[@digitalassetmakers2582]

Bro...