Blog | Rich Fry

Automate Texture Loading

Recently I have been collaborating with SideFX Software on this tutorial on how to use Primvars to automate texture loading! All the...

Procedural ST Map

Here is a really quick and easy tool to make ST maps procedurally based on the input resolution. We can easily create a procedural ST map...

Building Shaders With MaterialX in Solaris | Houdini

Hey Everyone! here's a brief introduction into building shaders in Solaris for Karma using the MaterialX nodes. I decided to take a...

Lama for Renderman 24 - Maya and Katana

Since Lama recently got released for Renderman 24, I thought why not make a little tutorial not make a little tutorial on how its used!...

Hypershader Community Discord Server

Hi all! i've decided to make a discord server to build a little community around my YouTube channel and blog so feel free to join the...

Groom Look Development (HtoA)

Using attributes that are created during the groom process can be very useful and beneficial to the look of the asset. we can use...

Turntable Tool

Here's a tool which takes the framerate from your Project Settings and then uses the first half of the timeline to rotate the asset and...

Frame Asset Tool

Here's a quick yet useful tool which creates a render camera and automatically frames the asset in Katana. All you need to do is plug the...

Copy Bounds OpScript

Here's a little OpScript that copies the bounds attribute from the geo's child to the geo group itself! This is handy if you are making a...

HDRI Tool

Here's a fun little tool I made in order to quickly create HDRIs. It first accurately merges all the exposures for all in input images...

ACES in Octane for C4D (temporary work around until OCIO is supported)

Introduction Hi all, this is just a little thread which I hope can help some Octane users and maybe spark a discussion that could lead to...

Texturing An Asset In Mari

Prep: Before you start texturing, it is very important to prepare for the texturing process. Preparing beforehand can allow us to use...

Setting Project Environment Variables With A Batch Script

Here's a quick tutorial on how to set set project environment variables. I tend to do this at the beginning of the project and use the...

Introduction and Setup of an ACES Workflow (Mari, Maya/Arnold, Nuke)

*UPDATE* You can also use Utility – sRGB – texture instead of Output - sRGB for pngs, jpegs and 8 bit images. This should be used when...

LDTool

This is a tool that I made using python to speed up the repetitive parts of the look development process when using MtoA. The tool not...