Zoo 1: Package Assets & Light Presets
Maya: Zoo Tools Pro 1
See the new Zoo2 pages .
Light Presets
HDR Skydomes
Model Assets
Old Zoo Tools version 1 Page
The Zoo Tools Light Suite and Assets help you light instantly in Maya.
Once logged in you can download the Zoo Tools Pro presets/assets and view the training and documentation. You’ll see how to download and install the presets, instantly light your models, save presets and create thumbnails etc.
Also see the Zoo Tools Pro installation page here .
Quick Start Tutorials In Each Renderer
Here are live demo’s in each renderer. The unlocked page includes more tutorials in further detail.
Arnold Quick Start
Redshift Quick Start
Renderman Quick Start
Included HDRI Images
Purchase Information
You can keep the tools, assets and presets with any site purchase. There is no expiry on downloads.
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This Page Includes
Zoo Package Assets x 21 (models)
Light Presets x 138
HDR Skydome Images x 92
Our presets support Arnold 5, Redshift 2 and Renderman 21+ for Maya 2017 and above.
HDRI Images
A big thank you for the 2k HDRI Skydomes from…
HDRLabs.com
HDRI-Skies.com
HDRI-Haven.com
braverabbit.com
Download more free HDRI images and purchase high-resolution images from their respective sites.
Royalty-free models
“Batman” by the talented Mauricio García DC Comics (Edu use only)
“Oris Watch” by R. Chavez
Other create3dcharacters.com characters modeled/animated by Andrew. Thanks to all of the 2d character designers here!
James Castillo (Murfish) “Croc” 2d design and concept
Javier Burgos “Styracosaurus” 2d design and concept
Guy Jamieson & Deanna Hewitt “Robo” 2d design and concept
Kim Allen & Chee Ghee “Zanzi” 2d design and concept
Ville Sinkkonen “Pleased Dragon” 2d design and concept
Irena Bendeich Two Legged Robo Ball animation
And various models by Andrew Silke
Place Reflection
The Place Reflection script is by Ingo Clemmens from braverabbit.com
Full Page Info & Running Time
Running Time: 1:31 hrs
Software: Maya 2018
Instructor: Andrew Silke
1. Getting Started - Install & Quick Start (27 mins)
1.2 – Arnold Quick Start (6:07 mins)
1.3 – Redshift Quick Start (6:05 mins)
1.4 – Renderman Quick Start (8:20 mins)
1.5 – Beta Issues (2:16 mins)
2. Light Presets (28 mins)
2.2 – Preset Scale (1:25 mins)
2.3 – Included Presets (3:30 mins)
2.4 – Place Reflection (2:03 mins)
2.5 – Editing Lights (4:26 mins)
2.6 – Copy & Paste (1:26 mins)
2.7 – Save Light Presets (3:27 mins)
2.8 – Thumbnail Light Presets (1:28 mins)
2.9 – Chrome Macbeth Scene (3:02 mins)
2.91 – zooScene Preset Files (1:45 mins)
2.911 – Skydome Path Note (1:10 mins)
3. HDR IBL Skydome Browser (16 mins)
3.2 – Mix Presets & HDRs (1:56 mins)
3.3 – Create Thumbnails (5:47 mins)
3.4 – HDRI & Maya Proj (1:00 mins)
3.5 – .tex & .tx (2:12 mins)
4. Zoo Package Assets (19 mins)
4.2 – Package Turntable (2:49 mins)
4.3 – Alembic Anim (2:17 mins)
4.4 – Packages Explained (2:22 mins)
4.5 – .zooScene Explained (2:22 mins)
4.6 – Create New Package (3:07 mins)
4.7 – Save Package (3:00 mins)
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Hi Andrew,
It doesn’t work when I clicked the Place Reflection bottom you demoed in Video 2.4, I did install the script. Any idea what is going wrong?
It should just work, there is no need to install any extras. Can you open the script editor and let me know if there are any errors when you click on the buttons? Make sure you have a light selected before running.
hi Andrew,
It has suport for Maya 2017?
Yes should be ok in 2017
Andrew, I’m in love with zoo tools, however, I can’t find a tutorial talking about zoo shaders using displacement maps and the mattes AOVs :(, I honestly think that $10 doesn’t do it justice of how good this is! I can’t wait for zoo tools 2,
Thanks, Keny apologies for the late reply, for others the best displacement map tutorial is here (scroll down)
I’d like to do a dedicated displacement page.
https://create3dcharacters.com/zbrush-simple-dragon-surfacing/
For the mattes, video 5.3 here, though it only works well for Arnold and Redshift, Renderman there is some manual setup.
https://create3dcharacters.com/styracosaurus-concept/
Hey Andrew! Do these work on viewport 2.0 at all?
Sorry Alex, I’ve only noticed that my notifications were getting spam filtered (face palm). Yes, but only in Arnold, there is word that Autodesk is making generic HDRIs that will work in all renderers, so we are holding out for those.
where i can find the keyboard shortcuts for maya
It’s found under the tools menu, here.
https://create3dcharacters.com/maya-hotkeys-2017/
Video 1.1 to Video 3.5 are not available because of its own privacy settings.
Hi Dominic, I’ve just checked the settings and the settings are all good. The only issues with videos like this are potential conflicts with web plugins which re-route the site. So some plugins can make it seem like your browser is not connected to create3dcharacters.com.
Try reloading the page or a different browser. Disconnect any web plugins that may be re-routing the website. Let me know how you go. This issue will affect all videos. So it may just be a page refresh is all you need.
Hi Andrew,
I’m having problems installing Packages Assets, IBL and Light presets. When I put them in their place Maya sends me this error
# Error: WindowsError: file C:/Users/user/Documents/maya/2018/scripts/create3dcharacters/zooToolsPro\zoo\libs\maya\utils\files.py line 27: 5 #
🙁
Hi Noelia, I’ll email you privately. This error seems to be it’s having trouble finding your temp directory which is necessary for some of our operations. I’ll email you to follow this up.
Please tell me why the material conversion function of renderman to arnold does not support link texmap?
We just have been building Zoo Tools 2 and we have been behind with small little things, texture support is on the top of our list now that Zoo2 is up and running.
Hi, im having a problem, im in Maya 2018 it says this and i need to use it in maya 2018…
The shelf “C3dC” has items that cannot be read.
Is there a solution for it?
Hi Lauro, email me at info@create3dcharacters.com and we can sort out issues like this. I can email you the shelf, sometimes it corrupts, that might be it.
Hello Andrew,
I can’t seem to figure out why my skydomes are not rendering. Upon a little research, some say if I update my Arnold to version 4 it will fix it (currently MtoA 3.1.2.1 in Maya2018 and MtoA 4.0 in Maya2020). Tried opening in both Maya versions and still no luck.
Thank you in advance. I’ve learned so much from this curriculum already:)
Figured it out with some fiddling. It was that the camera visibility attribute on the skydome’s shape node needed to be set to a value other than zero.
Good to hear. btw in Zoo2 there is a checkbox when you create the skydomes, “Background Vis” that should also affect the skydome in the same way when you create (or edit) it. In Zoo 1 it should be in the bottom bar too.
hi Andrew for me preset is not working im trying to save light preset but it show empty folder
Hi Mustfa, I imagine you’re trying to install for Zoo Tools Pro v2? If so grab the pack on the installer page here.
https://create3dcharacters.com/maya-zoo-tools-pro-installer/
Apologies I’m going to put a big notice on this page for that. Let me know via email if you have other issues. ta