Description
Texture creation has never been so easy or so powerful since the release of Allegorithmic's Substance for 3ds Max® and Maya®. In this class, we begin by examining the Substance Player and how it can be used to preview and manipulate your Substance textures. We also explore the vast library of pre-built shaders. We learn how to generate texture simple bitmaps, which are ideal for Autodesk applications, such as Revit-based software, AutoCAD®, InfraWorks™, and Showcase®, which do not yet support Substance shaders directly. Next, we dive into 3ds Max and Maya and explore the true power of Substance and learn how to create simple and complex shader networks for compelling materials. Finally, we wrap up by learning several optimization techniques to enhance the Substance workflow such as bitmap scaling and hardware and software rendering.
Key Learnings
- Generate textures for other Autodesk programs using the Substance Player
- Add a substance texture to any 3ds Max or Maya material
- Explain what the Substance channels are for and how they interact with your materials
- Optimize Substance in your workflow
Speaker
Mark KauffmanMark Kauffman’s career stretches back to the wild and wooly days of the computer animation world in the early 1990s. In 1995, he co-founded Paradigm Ranch Animation Studios and worked on movie and television projects. From 1998 to 2012, Mark taught at The Art Institute of Colorado in the animation, graphics and web design, industrial design, and video production departments. In 2003, he joined the Project Visualization Group as the team technical lead at WSP (then known as Parsons Brinckerhoff). There he handles all technical aspects of production, manages the render farm, oversees the group’s research and development, as well as new technology initiatives, and serves as the group's BIM manager. In addition to his duties with the Project Visualization Group, Mark serves as a certified 3ds Max software trainer in WSP’s Autodesk Training Center and is the president of the Colorado AAUGA group.
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