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Lighting and Rendering

WE'VE COVERED A LOT about animating in Maya throughout this book, but to close it out let's learn some basic lighting and rendering. Since this book is by an animator for animators, we’re not talking about feature film quality lighting; that's something covered by many great lighting artists in their respective tomes. What we want to gain is some skill in simple lighting techniques that will add ...

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