Currently, one of the best ways of achieving photo-realistic imagery is to render using Mental Ray for Maya. Mental Ray offers a Global Illumination and Final Gather solution, which when combined, simulates ... more

This is an overview of creating high polygon realistic 3D characters ( with a particular leaning toward the creation of the above model ). My inspiration for writing it, was that as a long time videogame ... more

Decreasing render time : There are many ways for decreasing the render time of project, this tutorial will explain how I’ve textured, lit, rendered and composited my projects. This will be very useful ... more

Though not vey keen on pipes, you`d still want to know how do they make it. Don`t hesitate. Go for it. This might seem like an odd thing to find online and even its tutorial, but trust us-it has much ...

Let’s begin this simple tutorial I’ve written not so long time ago about Outdoor Illumination in mental Ray.What you see below is the final render of what we need to achieve with this tutorial.