Beginning PBR Texturing

Dr. Abhishek Kumar is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Science at Banaras Hindu University. He is an Apple Certified Associate, Adobe Education Trainer, and certified by Autodesk. He is actively involved in course development in animation and design engineering courses for various institutions and universities as they will be a future industry requirement. Dr. Kumar has published a number of research papers and covered a wide range of topics in various digital scientific areas (image analysis, visual identity, graphics, digital photography, motion graphics, 3D animation, visual effects, editing, composition). He holds two patents in the field of design and IoT and has created two inventions related to a pipeline inspection robot to help visually impaired people. Dr. Kumar has completed professional studies related to animation, computer graphics, virtual reality, stereoscopy, filmmaking, visual effects, and photography from Norwich University of Arts, University of Edinburg, and Wizcraft MIME & FXPHD, Australia. He is passionate about the media and entertainment industry, and has directed two animation short films. Dr. Kumar has trained more than 50,000 students across the globe from 153 countries (top five: India, Germany, United States, Spain, Australia). His alumni have worked for national and international movies such as Ra-One, Krissh, Dhoom, Life of Pi, the Avengers series, the Iron Man series, GI Joe 3D, 300, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Prince of Persia, Titanic 3D, the Transformers series, Bahubali 1 & 2, London Has Fallen, Warcraft, Aquaman 3D, Alita, and more.

Chapter 1: What Is Our Goal in This Book?.- Chapter 2: Graphics in the Game Industry.- Chapter 3: The Workflow of Texturing.- Chapter 4: Texturing Games vs Texturing Movies.- Chapter 5: PBR Texturing vs Traditional Texturing.- Chapter 6: Substance Suite and Substance Painter.- Chapter 7: Hardware Specifications for Your Computer.- Chapter 8: Painter's Graphical User Interface.- Chapter 9: Viewport Navigation in Painter.- Chapter 10: Project Setup: Importing a 3D Model into Painter.- Chapter 11: Baking and the Importance of Mesh Maps.- Chapter 12: Working with Materials, Layers, and Masks.- Chapter 13: Working with Procedural Maps.- Chapter 14: Substance Anchors.- Chapter 15: Rendering with Iray.- Chapter 16: Integration with Marmoset, Maya, and Blender.- Chapter 17: Rendering a Portfolio.- Chapter 18: Integration with Unreal Engine (UE4).- Chapter 19: Tips and Tricks of Substance Painter.