Renderman + Paint Effects

Using Paint Effects in Renderman.

Renderman 22 is pretty fast at rendering curves and paint effects is the forgotten gem in Maya's toolbox. While this grass doesn't hold up close, it's still pretty good starting point for wide-shots.

More information on Primvars and Material Assigning script can be found here... http://cg.earlyworm.co.nz/renderman-a...

Done using Renderman 22.1 and Maya 2018.2

Explanation provided via subtitles (turn on closed captions).

Contents

00:00 intro
00:17 brush scale
01:13 adjusting basic shading
02:46 using paint fx data
04:10 batch material assign
04:29 transmission and specular
05:29 painting more grass
05:58 rendering more grass
06:34 sharing brush settings
06:59 final render
07:06 credits
07:16 endro

Music Credits

Julia Florida by Agustín Pio Barrios Mangoré
Performed by Edson Lopes
Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
musopen.org

Maxixe by Agustín Pio Barrios Mangoré
Performed by Edson Lopes
Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
musopen.org

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