At spherevfx we have a single 'Introduction: mental ray for Maya' course covering many of the aspects of this award winning Renderer.

The mental ray rendering software generates images of outstanding quality and unsurpassed realism. It combines physically correct light simulation with full programmability that allows for the creation of any imaginable visual effect.

mental ray is used for the creation of the most demanding visual effects in the movie industry. With its visual quality, scalability, and the ability to customize all aspects of shading and visual elements, it offers all functionality required for the creation of any imaginable visual effect. Hundreds of thousands of realistic virtual characters can be included in a single final frame using mental ray’s procedural and on-demand object creation features. 3D motion blur can be computed efficiently using the rasterizer rendering mode for fast, high quality first-hit rendering. This can be combined with global illumination and ray tracing simulations to achieve true virtual cinematography. Native ambient occlusion and final gathering are productive tools to achieve a convincing natural look without spending long render times. Full support for HDR imagery and arbitrarily many frame buffers provide the basis for seamless combination of rendered elements with live action shots.

Introduction: mental ray for Maya

Shaders

  • Materials
  • Shadow Shaders
  • Volumetric Materials
  • Photonic Materials
  • Photonic Volumetric Materials
  • Textures
  • Environments
  • MentalRay Lights
  • Light Maps
  • Lenses
  • Geometry
  • Contour Store
  • Contour Contrast
  • Contour Shader
  • Contour Output
  • Contour Compositing
  • Data Conversion
  • Miscellaneous

Lights

  • Area Light
  • Caustics
  • Global Illumination
  • Shadows
  • Light Shaders
  • Photon Shaders

Cameras

  • Environment Shaders
  • Volume Shaders
  • Lens Shaders

Rendering

  • Render Passes
  • Contribution Maps
  • Anti-Aliasing Quality
  • Raytracing
  • Rasterizer
  • Shadows
  • Motion Blur
  • Framebuffer
  • Environmental Lighting / HDRI
  • Global Illumination
  • Caustics
  • Photon Control
  • Importion
  • Final Gathering
  • Irradiance Particles
  • Ambient Occlusion

2 days Introduction: mental ray for Maya training course £1,000 (+VAT @ 20%)