Learn how to set up your mesh for a non-ID map workflow and how to create a variety of metallic materials.

0. 1 - Preparing the asset in Maya

00:20

1. 2 - Uv mapping in Maya

02:03

2. 3 - Bake input maps in Maya

03:30

3. 4 - Setting up mesh groups and exporting

05:30

4. 5 - Setting up DDO project/baking

06:35

5. 6 - Creating materials

07:50

6. 7 - Masking and painting

10:30

7. 8 - Exporting from DDO

15:03

8. 9 - Setting up Arnold

15:11

9. 10 - Final texture details in DDO

17:30

10. 11 - Nuke and compositing

19:36

11. 12 - Final render

20:45

Related Tutorials

Omar Chelos shows us how to texture an ancient stone sculpture and how to present your final results in 3DO in this beginner tutorial for DDO.

Learn the very basics of NDO Painter and how to detail baked normal maps in this first part of the Space Station tutorial series.

Learn how to create MILA materials for Mental Ray with Aldo Vicente, utilizing the latest features of Quixel Suite.

Learn advanced stylized texturing techniques with Big Robot’s Olly Skillman-Wilson. Make sure you have learned the basics of DDO before giving this advanced tutorial a go!

DDO Painter for Arnold - Romain Chauliac