Texturing and Lighting a Product, Part 1

• Project: Reviewing the Scene File
• Material Types and Critical Attributes
• Hypershade Functionality
• Project: Assigning Materials
• Lighting Techniques and Maya Light Types
• Project: Creating Lights and Shadows
• 2D and 3D Procedural Textures
• Project: Applying Textures
• Scanline and Raytraced Rendering
• Project: Raytracing Reflections

Texturing and Lighting a Product, Part 2

• Project: Accentuating the Logos
• Batch Rendering
• Project: Adding Strategic Fill Light
• Project: Splitting Material Assignments
• Project: Fine-Tuning the Shadow
• Light Width
• Project: Switching to mental ray
• Anti-Aliasing Theory
• Project: Blurring Reflections
• The Final Gathering System
• Project: Activating Final Gathering
• Optimizing the Scene
• Project: Creating the Final Render

Texturing and Lighting a Character, Part 1

• Project: Preparing the Scene
• Project: Assigning Materials
• 1-, 2-, and 3-Point Lighting
• Project: Roughing in the Lighting
• Examining the UN's of NURBS Surfaces
• Translucence
• Project: Roughing in the Textures
• Project: Creating a Custom Skin bitmap
• Project: Switching to mental ray

Texturing and Lighting a Character, Part 2

• Custom Connections in the Hypershade
• Project: Adjusting the Skin-Shading
• Project: Activating Image-Based Lighting
• Project: Deactivating Shadows
• Project: Addressing Texture Warp
• Project: Fine-Tuning
• Color Space and Monitor Calibration
• Maya Color Profiles

Texturing and Lighting a Vehicle, Part 1

• Project: Preparing the Scene
• UV Maps
• Project: Assigning Materials
• Project: Roughing in the Lighting
• Project: Creating a Sky in Maya
• Project: Roughing in the Textures
• Displacement Maps
• Project: Displacing the hill
• Paint Effects
• Project: Painting Grass

Texturing and Lighting a Vehicle, Part 2

• Project: Completing the Texture Maps
• Project: Refining the Materials
• Motion Blur
• Project: Adding Motion Blur
• The Render Layer Editor
• Project: Breaking the Scene into Render Layers
• Project: Adding Reflectivity
• Project: Creating the Final Render

Texturing & Lighting an Environment, Part 1

• Project: Preparing the Scene
• mental ray Shaders
• Project: Assigning Materials
• Physical Sun and Sky and Portal Lights
• Project: Setting Up the Skylights
• Project; Adding Textures
• Global Illumination
• Project: Activating Global Illumination

Texturing & Lighting an Environment, Part 2

• Project: Preparing the Scene
• Ambient Occlusion
• Project: Adding Occlusion
• Multirender Passes
• Project: Creating Multirender Passes
• Project: Fine-Tuning the Render
• Stereoscopic 3D
• Project: Setting Up it Stereoscopic Camera