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scenario-maya-lookdev

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Use when shading an asset in Maya with Arnold: OpenPBR or aiStandardSurface materials, hooking up Substance Painter or UDIM texture sets, color spaces (sRGB, Raw, ACEScg), a normal map that looks wrong, displacement with black holes or faceting, skin SSS, chrome and metals, glass or crystal, car paint, aiStandardHair, porting Standard Surface to OpenPBR, or a lookdev turntable with chrome and gray balls. Also when textures render washed out, too dark or plastic in Arnold.

When to use

• shading assets in Maya with Arnold
• OpenPBR or aiStandardSurface materials
• hooking up Substance Painter or UDIM texture sets
• managing color spaces (sRGB, Raw, ACEScg)
• fixing normal maps that look wrong
• displacement with black holes or faceting
• skin SSS, chrome, metals, glass, car paint, hair
• lookdev turntable with chrome and gray balls

When not to use

• game engine shading without Arnold
• non-Maya DCC applications

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