本教程是由3drender机构出品的Maya灯光阴影渲染技术进阶CG数据库教程，时长：3小时，教程使用软件：Maya，Mental Ray，大小：3.6Gb，格式：ISO，工程源文件。

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CG数据库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

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. Topics covered include:

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 cg-ku.com  shadows in reflections, through transparency and fur, in real-time, and in other special cases

The DVD features 18 video lectures that you can play on your computer. The videos are high-resolution to show every pixel of the Maya interface in each demonstration. All the Maya scenes are included on the DVD as well, along with necessary textures, lights, and shaders to re-create each demonstration. Printable PDF course notes provide a quick cg-ku.com reference guide to lighting and rendering functions in Maya.