本教程是由3drender机构出品的Maya灯光渲染专业技术教程，教程使用软件：Maya。

Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，主要是为了影视应用而研发的，所以在出世后不久就在《精灵鼠小弟》、《恐龙》等这些大片中一展身手。除了影视方面的应用外Maya在三维动画制作，影视广告设计，多媒体制作甚至游戏制作领域都有很出色的表现。初识Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，它是Alias|Wavefront公司在1998年才推出的三维制作软件。虽然相对于其他老牌三维制作软件来说Maya还是一个新生儿，但Maya凭借其强大的功能，友好的用户界面和丰富的视觉效果，一经推出就引起了动画和影视界的广泛关注，成为顶级的三维动画制作软件。

3drender Lighting And Rendering In Maya Lights And Shadows By Jeremy Birn

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

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