Razor Crest VFX Lecture Series | Full 9 Hour Course — Maya, V-Ray, & After Effects

This full version of the Razor Crest VFX tutorial series teaches you how to create a ship landing shot with Maya, V-Ray, and After Effects. Over the course of these lectures, brush up on PBR surfacing with UDIMs, learn about lighting, AOVs, render layers, batch and sequence rendering, EXR compositing, and ACEScg. These lectures were originally built for a college VFX class that I teach, taking students from beginner to intermediate level.

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:10 Lecture 01: Getting Started
Intro, Setting Maya Projects, & V-Ray PLE
00:13:32 Lecture 02: V-Ray Materials & UDIMs
PBR Intro, Hypershade, and UDIMs
00:40:30 Lecture 03: V-Ray Sun & Dome Lights
PBR Metalness, HDRIs, & Sun and Sky Lighting
01:08:19 Lecture 04: V-Ray Glass
01:27:31 Lecture 05: ACES in After Effects
OpenColorIO Plugin & AE Color Management
01:36:29 Lecture 06: V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB)
01:54:43 Lecture 07: V-Ray AOVs
(Render Elements / Render Passes)
02:30:46 Lecture 08: V-Ray VDBs
Volume Grids
02:38:15 Lecture 09: Focal Length
02:48:52 Lecture 10: Intro to Render Layers
Render Setup Editor
03:21:18 Lecture 11: Referencing vs Importing
Maya Reference Editor
03:42:22 Lecture 12: Staging & Layout
04:08:53 Lecture 13: Environment
V-Ray Displacement & Color Management Rules
04:40:10 Lecture 14: EmberGen
Dust VDB Sequence
05:22:11 Lecture 15: Camera Scale
Overscan, Pre Scale, & Composition
05:31:07 Lecture 16: Advanced Render Layers
Depth, AO, & V-Ray Mtl Wrapper
06:12:51 Lecture 17: V-Ray Render Settings
& Compositing Test Frames
06:54:23 Lecture 18: Basic Compositing
Mattes, Color Correction, & Identifying Problems
07:34:34 Lecture 19: Defocus with Depth AOV
Compositing Depth of Field
07:47:05 Lecture 20: Compositing Continued
& Fixing Issues in Maya
08:07:01 Lecture 21: HDRI Cloud Render Layer
For Compositing with a V-Ray Sky
08:14:38 Lecture 22: Finishing the Composite
& Cheap Lens Flares
08:28:18 Lecture 23: Camera Shake & Film Grain
08:46:08 Lecture 24: Slate & Preview Rendering
Final Part of the Lecture Series

Download the free Razor Crest model by Tronman from CGTrader here: https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-mode...
V-Ray Personal Learning Edition (PLE): https://www.chaos.com/vray/maya/perso...
Get a trial of EmberGen here: https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/
Free VDB Clouds: https://www.artstation.com/marketplac... and https://jangafx.com/software/embergen...
Rock/Cliff assets here: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/sc...
Listary: https://www.listary.com/
Maya scene (not all assets included), EmberGen dust VDBs, EXR renders, and After Effects comp are available on Patreon

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