Chapter 12
Rendering for Compositing
The Autodesk® Maya® software offers a number of options for dividing the individual elements of a render into separate passes. These passes can then be reassembled and processed with additional effects using compositing software such as Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Composite, or The Foundry Nuke. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use the render layers in Maya and render passes in mental ray® to split rendered images into elements that can then be used in your compositing software.
For best results when working on the project files in this chapter, you should copy the chapter12 project folder to your local drive and make sure that it is the current project by choosing File ⇒ Set Project. Doing so will ensure ...
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