Rendering With Karma, MaterialX, and Solaris with Houdini – Lesson Two

Rendering With Karma MaterialX and Solaris with Houdini – Lesson Two

In lesson two we further enhance our materials. We concentrate on brushed metal and rough transparency. To create the brushed metal look we take our first look at noise in MaterialX. We show how we can use a Position node combined with a multiply to alter the appearance. We then learn how to apply texture maps. After applying our textures, we further refine our lighting set-up. We look at creating cinematic camera effects like Depth of Field.

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