Product Description

In this series of premium video tutorials in 8 hours and 35 minutes, that’s more than 500 minutes of tutorials, we learn how to use Arnold for 3ds Max.

Watch the Introduction video :

First I show you where to find different Arnold tools and functions inside 3ds max, and walk you through the general workflow to get your job down with Arnold inside 3ds Max.

Sampling and ray depth are the most important principles that you should be familiar with when working with Arnold, that’s why we discuss them comprehensively  in  57 minutes and in 7 lessons , we make sure you comprehend the core principles before moving on to more general topics like lighting and shading .

The next section of the course is dedicated to lighting , we learn about different lights in Arnold and different lighting techniques , we learn about Area Lights . spot , distant and point lights , mesh and photometric lights .

We learn what are light filters and how to use them , what is physical sky, SkyDome Light and image based lighting , you learn how to approach interior lighting in Arnold for 3ds max.

We learn about amazing volumetric effects in Arnold, including Atmosphere Volume and fog .

The lighting section of this course is about 1 hour and 55 minutes in 12 lessons.

In the next section of the comprehensive introduction to Arnold For 3ds Max, we start talking about Arnold materials and maps

First we learn about Standard Surface material which is the main material in Arnold and capable of creating all sorts of materials, we dedicated 5 videos in 80 minutes to discuss Standard Surface material thoroughly.

Then we discover bump and displacement mapping in Arnold. We explore Standard Hair material in a lot of details, this material lets you realistically create hair shaders, the Standard Hair is fantastic, and definitely one of the best hair shaders out there .

Then we learn about ray-switch , ambient occlusion, curvature, flakes , wire frame , utility , flat , lambert ,  two-sided and shadow matte shaders.

And then we take a closer look at the remaining  materials and maps in Arnold, we learn about different color nodes , conversion , math and shading state nodes , we learn how to use utility nodes and hopefully after watching this section,  you should be very comfortable developing complex materials using these long list of materials and maps .

The material section of this course is more 3 and a half hour in 18 lessons.

Then we take a look at 3ds max’s Physical Camera and how Arnold supports it, we learn about different camera features, we explore how to achieve camera effects like depth of field and motion blur.

In about 35 minutes and in 3 lessons we learn all about Arnold and Camera.

 

In the section 6 of the course we learn how to render our scenes in Arnold for cinema 4d, we learn about AOVs. What are the AOVs that Arnold offers and how to export and composite them in a composting app like After Effects. Then we learn about custom AOVs and how to write them out. After that we discover different render settings in Arnold.

The rendering section of the course is about 51 minutes in 2 lessons.

In the final section of the course we take a closer look at Arnold Properties Modifier and Arnold procedurals, and finally we learn about Arnold volume , we learn how capable Arnold is in handling openVDB files and rendering them realistically , we show you all the steps you need to render openVDB files in Arnold .

The final section of the course is 30 minutes in 3 lessons.

we plan to keep this course alive and update the course with  more video tutorials as soon as there is a major update from Solid Angle for Arnold for 3ds Max.

Over the past two years at MographPlus.com, we have produced tons of Arnold tutorials and courses like our Comprehensive introduction to Arnold for Cinema 4d and our Developing Realistic Shaders in Arnold, and now that we finally have Arnold for 3ds Max, let’s take a closer look at one of the most popular render engines in the world and learn all about it.

Here you can watch some of the lessons from this course :

Additional Information

Language	English
Duration	500 min
Video format	HD 1080p
Instructor	Kamel Khezri
Application used	3ds Max 2018, Arnold 5.0
Availability	Instant Download
Project files	Included

	CURRICULUM
	SECTION 1 : INTRODUCTION
0101	Introduction	04:07
0102	General workflow and user interface	14:25
	SECTION 2 : SAMPLING AND RAY DEPTH
0201	Sampling and camera samples	08:40
0202	Diffuse samples	12:14
0203	Specular samples	07:33
0204	Transmission samples	06:45
0205	Diffuse Ray Depth	10:06
0206	Specular Ray Depth	03:02
0207	transparency and transparency Ray Depth	08:49
	SECTION 3 : LIGHTING
0301	Area light	20:46
0302	Area light shapes	02:55
0303	Mesh light	10:37
0304	Spot light	06:21
0305	Distant light	04:50
0306	Photometric light	06:35
0307	Light filters	10:39
0308	SkyDome light and Image-based lighting	11:27
0309	Interior lighting	14:14
0310	Physical sky	09:27
0311	Atmosphere volume	10:26
0312	Fog	06:13
	SECTION 4 : Shaders and Materials
0401	Standard Surface Material, “basic parameters”	12:07
0402	Standard Surface Material, “specular reflections”	20:17
0403	Standard Surface Material, “transmission”	20:22
0404	Standard Surface Material, “SSS and emission”	13:24
0405	Standard Surface Material, “coating and special features”	13:33
0406	Subdivision and displacement mapping	14:08
0407	Mix shader and Mix RGBA	05:33
0408	Standard hair material	14:48
0409	Lambert and two-sided materials	02:45
0410	Ray switch	06:20
0411	Switch and map-to-material shaders	05:01
0412	Ambient occlusion and curvature shaders	13:21
0413	Flakes material	04:50
0414	Shadow matte	10:32
0415	Color nodes	09:02
0416	conversion, math and shading state nodes	08:26
0417	Utility nodes	09:01
0418	Texture nodes	09:55
	SECTION 5 : CAMERA
0501	Physical Camera	16:29
0502	Depth of field	06:30
0503	Motion blur	11:41
	SECTION 6 : RENDERING
0601	AOVs and custom AOVs	34:22
0602	Render settings	16:49
	SECTION 7 : MISCELLANEOUS
0701	Arnold properties modifier	07:24
0702	Arnold procedural	06:47
0703	Arnold volume	16:21

Additional Information

Language	English
Duration	500 min
Video format	HD 1080p
Instructor	Kamel Khezri
Application used	3ds Max 2018, Arnold 5.0
Availability	Instant Download
Project files	Included