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Mental Ray for Maya offers all the features traditionally expected of photorealistic rendering. Mental Ray is also the industry-standard 3D rendering software, used by film, broadcast, & digital publishing.

Maya Lighting resembles real word lighting techniques used in photography & film. Maya has a number of light sources ( Area, Directional, Ambient, Spotlight, & Volume light) that let you achieve a wide variety of lighting effects. By default, Maya … Continue reading →

The Insert Edge Loop Tool is useful when you want to add detail across a large area of a polygon mesh. It lets you insert one or more edge loops across either a full or partial edge ring on a … Continue reading →

Booleans let you combine polygon meshes to create a new shape. The following briefly describes what each of the Boolean submenus performs: Union: Combines the volume of the meshes. Difference: Subtracts the first mesh from the second. Intersection: Leaves only … Continue reading →