arnold aov's preview in viewport question (xsi to maya)

[Manuel Huertas Marchena]

Hi,

I am trying to setup a lookdev workflow in maya, and coming from xsi I am used

to work doing shading while constantly switching comparing renders in the render region,

I do this for every different channel I need to compare (specular, diffuse, sss, etc...) 

I find that really easy and  quick to get visual feedback while developing shaders.

I am trying to do the same thing in maya, but I don't seem to find the aov's in the

viewport as an option nor do I know if I can compare them on the fly.

I know that I can render separate or composed aov exr's but  what I'd like is to be able to preview and compare renders and multiple channels while on maya.  

So my question is, am I obligated to go to nuke to do this using maya or am I missing something obvious? thanks for your help.

Regards,

-Manuel

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[Stephen Blair]

Render View AOV, in the Render Settings dialog, AOV tab

File > Keep Image in Render View (or the corresponding Keep Image icon on the menu bar)

[Siew Yi Liang]

Hi Manuel:

Using IPR to render, you can change the AOVs in Arnold render setting (Render View AOV) and restart the IPR render, this should update your IPR preview of what your selected AOV will look like. I usually just bind this to a key so I can fire it off without having to have the Render Settings tab open all the time when adjusting lighting.

I don't know of a way to get IPR in the viewport natively, although I know it can be done with custom plugin/scripts. Example:
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-create-an-interactive-viewport-rendering-tool-using-native-commands-and-python/

HTH!

Yours sincerely,
Siew Yi Liang

[Manuel Huertas Marchena]

Awesome, thanks for your help! 

I'll check that out then.

Cheers :)

-Manuel

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Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 13:39:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: arnold aov's preview in viewport question (xsi to maya)