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This installment of Maya Essentials covers the basics of rendering and lighting tools in Autodesk Maya. Author George Maestri goes over the standard renderers and lighting types, and then goes into features such as render layers and advanced lighting. In particular, the course shows how to manipulate lights, add depth of field, and create bokeh effects and reflections-giving your scene just the atmosphere and drama you want.
Topics include:

    Adjusting the Render Settings menu
    Adding depth map and raytrace shadows
    Understanding the principle of light decay
    Creating cameras
    Using Motion Blur in Maya and mental ray
    Using Final Gather for natural illumination
    Rendering transparent materials with caustics
    Batching rendering