…The daylight system in Mental Ray is meant…to work hand in hand with the photographic exposure.…Tone mapping the image as if it was seen or lensed by a true camera.…To put this on, I'll select my camera…and break the connection to the simple exposure.…I'll press Ctrl + a, to go to the Attribute Editor.…And, in the camera shape note, scroll down to the Mental Ray section.…In Mental Ray, we can see it's mapped the physical…sky, in the environment, so the camera sees the sky.…And, put an MIA exposure symbol in.…
This exposure symbol works by gamma, pedestal, knee, and gain.…Much like a standard video camera would.…What I'd like to do though, is toss this, and put in the photographic exposure.…I'll right click on Lens Shader, and break that connection, then I'll go into the…Lens Shader on the camera, and under mental…ray lenses, I'll choose the MIA exposure photographic.…In here and shutter bugs may recognize this, we've…got valuable available for ISO or film sensitivity to light.…The shutter, how long the shutter is open expressed in a fraction of a second.…
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4/8/2014- Creating and applying materials with luster and shine
- Creating a mental ray Daylight system
- Casting light from interior fixtures
- Lighting with sky portals
- Creating an ambient occlusion rendering pass
- Fine-tuning Final Gather and lighting
- Compositing in Nuke and After Effects
- Adding depth of field, highlights, and glow
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome37s
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Using the exercise files1m 59s
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1. Creating and Applying Materials
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Adding luster to wood5m 24s
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2. Lighting in Direct Sunlight
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3. Lighting Night and Dusk Shots
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4. Lighting with Sky Portals
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5. Lighting and Rendering Additional Passes for Compositing
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6. Compositing and Post Effects in Nuke
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Adding depth of field4m 27s
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7. Compositing and Post Effects in After Effects
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Adding depth of field2m 49s
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Conclusion
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Next steps49s
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Video: Adjusting the photographic exposure for stylized imagery