T0409 - Digital Tutors - Shading Networks in Maya

Master the task of building advanced shading networks with over 2.5 hours of interactive training. Perfect for intermediate and advanced users.Popular highlights include:

• Light-based Shading Networks


• Expression Editor


• Writing Expressions for Interactive Shading Networks


• Simulating Light Emission


• Shading Networks to Control Particles


• Shading Networks Controlled by Particles


• Distance Controlled Shading Networks


• Randomizing Texture Placement

Lesson Outline:

1.	Introduction and project overview	1:19
2.	Getting Started with Shading Networks	9:51
3.	Iridescence Shading Network: constructing a shading network that can add realistic iridescent qualities to surfaces such as bubbles	9:27
4.	Realistic Lighting Shaders	7:57
5.	Curve-Controlled Shaders (part 1): constructing a network that can use a NURBS curve to create realistic animated textures	9:21
6.	Curve-Controlled Shaders (part 2): creating an animated texture based on NURBS curves	8:51
7.	Light-Based Shading Networks: realistically simulating light coming from a computer monitor or a television set	11:04
8.	Reusing Textures in Maya: constructing a shading network that will make a single texture look different on each object that it is applied to	9:41
9.	The Hologram Shader (part 1)	6:44
10.	The Hologram Shader (part 2)	8:27
11.	Particle-Based Shading Networks (part 1): building an expression-controlled network that can generate textures based on particle collisions	10:12
12.	Particle-Based Shading Networks (part 2): writing expressions for the particles of the paintball gun	6:48
13.	Particle-Based Shading Networks (part 3): writing an expression that can generate textures based on the particle expression from the previous lesson	5:54
14.	Particle-Based Shading Networks (part 4): finishing the expression from the previous lesson	12:35
15.	Particle-Based Shading Networks (part 5)	9:37
16.	Texture-Based Particles (part 1): begin constructing a shading network that can dynamically control particles	9:49
17.	Texture-Based Particles (part 2): writing the necessary expressions for the shading network created in the previous lesson	12:10
18.	Texture-Based Particles (part 3): importing and using the image sequence that was created in the previous lesson	5:36
19.	Texture-Based Particles (part 4): constructing a shading network that adds white areas to the water wherever the NURBS torus touches its surface	6:18
20.	Texture-Based Particles (part 5): setting up the steam particles to be emitted wherever the NURBS torus touches the water surface	6:25
	Total Run Time:	2:48:00