Know the Basics: Maya Part 1: Interface Know the Basics: Maya Part 2: Viewports and Navigation Know the Basics: Maya Part 3: Modelling Know the Basics: Maya Part 4: Organisation Know the Basics: Maya Part 5: Animating Know the Basics: Maya Part 6: Motion Graphics Know the Basics: Maya Part 7: Shaders & Textures As of 2017, Maya ships by default with a renderer called Arnold. Use the Intensity & Exposure settings to adjust the emission.In part eight of the Know the Basics: Maya 2017 series, Paul Hatton explores the lights that are available with Maya's default renderer, Arnold.

Under Light Attributes, check the box next to Light Visible and uncheck the box next to Normalize.Under Arnold, open Arnold Render View then in the render window, under Render > check the box next to Run IPR. Select Lights > Mesh Light.In the Attribute Editor, open the tab light_pTorus1Shape and under Mesh Attributes, check the box next to show original mesh. Select the torus and at the top bar, select Arnold to open the drop down box. The density of the donut-like polygon will decrease as the change in radius increases. Then, pull in to decrease its size or pull out to increase its size.įor the torus, click onto the object and change its radius under the tab polyTorus1. To change the scale without skewing the proportions, click onto the object and zoom into find an orangeĬube in the middle of the object.

Use W to change the position of the object. Holding down the right-click on your mouse, go down to Assign New Material…Ĭlick Shader under Arnold on the left side bar.Ĭlick aiStandardSurface the material for this object. Select the cube object created previously. We’ll begin by creating a new object that we want to emit light.Ĭreate an Object under the Poly Modeling Tab.Ĭreating a light emitting object assigning a material to the cube object This tutorial covers how to change the light properties of an object which can be used to create objects that emit light or “glow.” create a new object

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