Blog | Rich Fry

All Posts 11 posts
Tutorials 5 posts
Tools 5 posts
Katana 3 posts
Mari 1 post
ACES 3 posts
Houdini 1 post
Arnold 1 post

Feb 1
1 min

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...

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

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...

Dec 21, 2020
15 min

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...

Dec 21, 2020
3 min

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...

Dec 21, 2020
1 min

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...

Dec 20, 2020
1 min

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...

Jul 8, 2020
3 min

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...

May 29, 2020
4 min

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...

Apr 4, 2020
1 min

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...

Mar 10, 2020
1 min

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...

Jan 31, 2019
1 min

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...

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