Learn Arnold - Fundamentals of Shading and Lighting (Udemy.com)

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Missing file downloads no longer exist which is a shame. Doesn't go in to how to load up Maya in to Look Dev mode. Had to find that out and the other items in the view are not there which is a shame. Going to simply try and follow it best I can.

Even though the teacher's voice is not so engaging, drawn out - the course content is great. Some time it may feel like he is meandering a bit, however he is presenting many variations around a basic theme, like making various kinds of metal looks. A great beginner course. I am now able to somewhat properly apply materials and produce good renders. Thanks for the education sir!

Very early to determine, but he is assuming somebody can do easily half of the things he is doing when it is not that way. now after getting to half the course, I keep my feedback even more. Although I have to say the course is getting better, perhaps sharing the things he is using with the student could be nice, so I do not have to stop the lesson to look for the right texture or object.

Arvid did a great job within this course here! Very clearly designed, well explained and not lost in detail. You can see that he has a lot of experience and can teach this in a comprehensible way. Over the last years I have mainly worked with Cycles, but I quickly became friends with Arnold & Maya during this course ;-) Keep it up! Thank you very much Arvid for all the insights! All the best Konstantin

This course is highly recommended, the only cons is section 1 and 2 that has a flicker problem in most of the videos, after those 2 sections the videos are high quality and play without problems. The course is really great and the content is undoubtedly valuable. Arvid is a great instructor, his expertise in the topics covered is evident and vast. I will definitely buy more of this courses.

I really enjoyed this course. It is hard to find in-depth technical courses with explanations that are clear and concise. With that said, beware that there is some flickering in the video. Finally, if you plan on taking this course, make sure you know how to execute a basic render in a 3d software. Otherwise, I highly recommend this course, and I look forward to seeing what Arvid posts next.

The course is very good. I have one section remaining to complete. There is a lot of information here that I have failed to find anywhere else. The instructor goes through the menu options one at a time explaining what they all do and why you should use them. This is refreshing because most tutorials I watch just tell you what menu item to adjust without much explanation. A couple of drawbacks: The screen recording is only 720p which is a pretty low resolution to try and follow some of what is going on in the menus. There also seems to be some screen recording artifacts specifically with the mouse pointer location that obstructs what is being clicked on. Neither of these really take much away from the content, so I'd still recommend the course if you are trying to learn Arnold.

Awesome Udemy course! Even as an experienced artist there were a lot of good tips I didn't knew about. Everything is nicely compressed in the lectures and it refreshes my basic knowledge and enriches my everyday shading. Arvid does an awesome job and I can absolutely recommend it for beginners, intermediates and senior artists. I rate this course as ''E'' for Everyone!

I am following Arvid for a while already on youtube. He is contributing really a lot to the CG community with his free tutorials and slack group where you can ask and give feedback,receive news and learn a lot in overall. Even though I don't consider myself a beginner in Arnold,I found this course quite useful, especially for beginners-it is well organized and easy to grasp. I would definitely recommend it to anybody who is trying to dive into lookdev and lighting in arnold.