Realistic 3D Diamond Animation Scene in Maya 2011

• Project ID:

  777647

• Project Type:

  Fixed

• Budget:

  $30-$250 USD
  

Project Description:

I want to create a realistic 3d diamond animation. Result should be similar to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5wzRNdR_o&NR=1

I am currently using Maya 2011 with Mental Ray. I also have access to vray for Maya but I prefer not to use it.

I have a Maya scene with a good diamond model animating in the desired manner, but the render itself is very far from being realistic or close to the example (diamond looks like plastic).

I would like someone to take my Maya scene and tweak it for rendering nicely. I assume the following is needed to be done: (1) adding correct light sources (2) choosing a correct material for the diamond (3) tweaking the rendering settings

I have the following requirements from this project:
(1) Basing your work on my Maya scene and my model
(2) I want to be able to render the animation myself on my computer (with Maya 2011)
(3) The render should take no more than around 30 minutes per frame on a common home pc
(4) The rendered result should be similar to the given example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5wzRNdR_o&NR=1

Additional Project Description:

08/26/2010 at 16:29 EDT:
My Maya 2011 scene is attached (diamond1.mb). It includes the diamond model and a simple animation.

In attempt to be as specific as possible, here is a short list of effects I expect the final render to have:
(1) Light dispersion - can also be faked, for example using 3 spot light sources positioned very close to each other (one red, one green, one blue).
(2) HDR reflections - an HDR image should probably be added to make the reflections interesting (Image based lighting)
(3) Glare / Lens flare - the star shaped glow on specific angles, maybe add a glare shader to the camera lens
(4) Caustics - may be ignored all together to save render time, I'm not a big fan of caustics


And a personal note to finish.. I've seen many rendered diamond animations on youtube and most of them aren't good enough (for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqAK2wBa0e4&NR=1). I prefer to pay extra and have a good result, than to have the entire project re-done after completion. If anyone wants to render a single frame of my scene and send it, it will make my bid choice very easy.

Skills required:

3D Rendering, 3ds Max, CAD/CAM, Maya

Additional Files:

diamond1.mb