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3drender : Lighting And Rendering In Maya: Lights And Shadows
3drender : Lighting And Rendering In Maya: Lights And Shadows By Jeremy Birn English | MPEG-4 1024x768, 15fps | PCM, 44.1kHz, mono, 705Kbps | ISO | 3.53 GB Genre: Elearning
Great lighting is the key to getting professional-looking output from Maya and Mental Ray. Now, for the first time, Pixar Technical Director Jeremy Birn shares his secrets, his settings, and his Maya scenes, in a Maya-specific training DVD. This new DVD features over 3 hours of tightly edited demonstrations of professional lighting and rendering techniques using Maya and Mental Ray.
* Step-by-step lighting of full Maya scenes * Simulated radiosity style lighting for realism and speed * Every kind of Maya light and shadow explored in depth * Hacks, tricks, cheats, and creative uses for light attributes * Practical approaches to professional-looking color choices * Ray-traced shadows: how to optimize them and control their appearance * In-depth guide to fixing different kinds of shadow artifacts and light leaks * Mental Ray controls in lights, shadows, shaders, and render settings * Adjusting shadows in reflections, through transparency and fur, in real-time, and in other special cases
