March 2007
Beginner
544 pages
18h 55m
English
Creating images in Maya, whether for print or video, depends on rendering. When you render a scene, you create a two-dimensional image based on a specified three-dimensional view of your scene. Maya does intensive mathematical calculations to realistically create lighting, shadows, reflections, and textures. You can take even a simple scene and make it look more realistic by rendering it (Figure 16.1). Alternately, you can use toon rendering to create a more stylized effect (Figure 16.2).
Figure 16.1. Even these simple primitives look more like real objects when they’re rendered.

Figure 16.2. Maya’s toon rendering features ...