Spiral Staircase with various materials
Chapter 3
Lighting in mental ray
3.1 Introduction
In this chapter, you will learn about lighting in mental ray. Specifically, you will learn about:
• Interior lighting with mental ray
• Parameters in Final Gather
• Creating Final Gather Maps
• Parameters in Global Illumination
• Hardware Shading
• The mr Sky Portal
• Exterior lighting with mental ray
• mr Sun Parameters
• mr Sky Parameters
3.2 Interior Lighting Concepts with mental ray
When a scene is rendered without indirect illumination, only light rays that strike the surfaces directly affect its illumination. In scanline rendering, ...
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