Digital Tutors - Introduction to Rendering in Maya 2011 | ISO | 287Mb

Lesson Outline (14 lessons)

In this series of lessons, we will explore some of the core rendering tools and features of Maya that every rendering artist needs to be familiar with.

This course is designed for users who are just getting started with rendering in Maya, so we will not be focusing heavily on using lights, materials or recipes to give your render a specific look. Instead, our focus will be on helping you build a strong foundational knowledge of rendering in Maya by talking about many of the key tools, features and concepts that every rendering artist in Maya really needs to be familiar with. We will also learn how to resolve some rendering-related issues that you may encounter, and we will focus very heavily on helping you develop good habits and strong workflow practices that will be extremely beneficial to you as an emerging render artist.

1. Introduction and Project Overview

3. Using the Render Region in Maya

5. Using anti-aliasing in Maya to improve render quality

7. Creating custom rendering presets within Maya

9. Importing and exporting materials from the Hypershade

11. Adjusting the clipping planes of our Maya camera

13. Setting renderable cameras in Maya

2. Understanding the Maya Render View

4. Saving and comparing renders within Maya

6. Using the Interactive Photorealistic Renderer (IPR) in Maya

8. Using the Resolution Gate to frame objects

10. Viewing high resolution textures in the Hypershade

12. Batch rendering an animation in Maya

14. Adjusting the resolution of rendered