If you’re watched a lot of Cartoon Network lately, you might have seen Meindbender’s work. Using Maxwell render, they previewed a short 30s spot on CGSociety’s forums that eventually turned into a paying gig with Cartoon Network, and they’ve written some tips and tricks on using Maxwell to achieve their clay stop-motion look.
“Maxwell is awesome,” says Michael, “but it’s kind of sad for me as I once was completely obsessed with building complex shader trees. I can now basically throw that hard-earned knowledge out the door, as the setup in Maxwell Render is extremely easy and straight forward.
“Rendering using an unbiased software takes longer to calculate of course, but I could honestly say that we gained back that time in setup. Using the software’s multilight function, it allowed me to render out the lights separately and do all the fine tuning in comp, which was another big time saver.
Short sweet and saluting Maxwell Render and artist who have gained patronage using it. Thanx for sharing.