Rendering school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

A study in the basic principles of manual perspective drawing and rendering. Emphasis on various
perspective drawing, sketching and rendering techniques as a means to visually communicate interior
spaces.

Students gain a deeper understanding of the hows, whys, and whens of creating 3D models for animating, texturing, and rendering.

Materials
■Using the ProMaterials Library
■Bringing in a Custom Material from a Scanned Image
■Mirrors: A Reflection Upon Us All
■Bump Maps vs. Modeled Textures: The Pro’s vs. Con’s of each.
■Sell Illuminated Materials: Light Bulbs

Lighting
■Area Lights
■Spot Lights
■Directional Lights
■Color Temperature: The Happy Medium of Too Dark vs. Too Bright

Rendering
■Mental Ray Rendering in Revit
■Interior and Exterior Renderings: Which One Should I Us...

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Learn the Core Features of Mental Ray
This course introduces the use of the Mental Ray renderer as it is implemented in Maya. Building on the foundation laid in ’Lighting and Rendering, 1’, much of Maya’s lighting toolkit works seamlessly with Mental Ray. There are several core features, however, that are unique to Mental Ray including global illumination, final gather, caustics, subsurface scattering, ambient occlusion and HDRI.

Course instruction examines adjusting, tu...

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