Course Overview

Learn about the Allegorithmic substance-based toolset along with the Arnold renderer in 3ds Max. Explore workflow requirements for the Substance Bitmap2Material and Designer apps.

Course Circullum

Introduction

Welcome
What you should know
Exercise files
The 3ds Max project folder
A word on gamma and units
How scenes are set up
3ds Max bugs that you may need to work around

1. An Overview of the Substance Toolset

What are substances and why use them?
The substance toolset
Choosing your workflow mode
Using substance files in 3ds Max
The substance settings dialogue
Using the 3ds Max asset library

2. Using Bitmap2Material inside 3ds Max

Loading the Bitmap2Material node
Setting up the Bitmap2Material node
Building up your material
Swapping out the bitmaps
Creating bitmap output files

3. Working with Substances from the Designer Application

An overview of your material
Metal, rough to spec, and gloss conversion for Arnold v4
Exporting a substance
Using a substance with Arnold
Improving your substance results
Augmenting a substance using Max nodes
Resolution tweak
Plugin features

4. Working with Maps from the Designer Application

Exporting map types
Using EXR maps in Arnold
Using 8-bit maps in Arnold
Setting up a custom output

5. Working with Maps from the Painter Application

An overview of your material
Exporting your map types
Exporting PSD files
Using the EXRs in Arnold
Using the PSD file
Final render settings

Conclusion

Next steps

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