Setup Master Scene

Setup Master Scene is an Production Planning tool that runs as a standalone application that helps to associate assets to sequences. This is a necessary step to perform before creating layouts using the Create Layout tool.

Screen Shot

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Setup Master Scene UI from Inside of Maya

Features

  • Prep the Environment in the scene for Rendering

    • Setup Beauty and Occlusion render layers with proper material overrides.

    • Add relevant lights and meshes to the scene

    • Setup parameter sets for the environment such as Env_Smooth_Set, Env_Matte_Set and Env_Vis_Set

  • Setup Characters for Rendering

    • Setup Beauty and Shadow render layers.

    • Add character Lights to the render layers

    • Add passes such as Puzzle Matte object and material Ids.

    • Setup environment parameter sets for interaction with environments

    • Setup parameter sets for the characters such as Char_Smooth_Set, Char_Matte_Set and Char_Vis_Set

Usage

  1. Add all the required assets to a maya scene using the Add Assets tool which can also be invoked from the Sequence Assets button.

  2. Create a group called characters and add all the mesh node of the characters, props and vehicles to this group

  3. Create a group called environment and add all the mesh node from the environment to this group.

  4. Create a group called env_lights and add all the environment lights.

  5. Create a group called char_lights and add all the character lights.

  6. Choose the resolution from the drop down list and Check all the options you want in the setup!

  7. Hit the Start button to setup the master scene.

  8. If so required, add an optional fresnel render layer by hitting Fresnel button.