V-ray environment walkthrough

Using Maya and Vray

1- National map height and photography

Using the nationalmap databank

https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/launch/

And global mapper to create two textures : the displacement map and the diffuse map.

Color_map :

Elevation_map :

2- Liight setup for look dev

Sun/sky easy setup / Brute force

3- Visualising the displacement in maya and begin the look dev.

4- add some details

For the details, I use the erosion tool of World machine.

5- lighting

I use the sun node from Vray and a cloudy IBL. For the fog, the atmosphere node from Vray too.

5- Final render