How Rendering Is Done For Layers In Maya

Welcome to Free Maya Video Tutorials!!!! Maya is a 3d graphics and animation software. It has got popularity during previous decade. There are two types of Maya users.Render layers, is one very influential feature of Maya. And here we show you how to use it correctly.In this tutorial we will be using a finished model. You can download it zipped if you recognize how to take out it or the uncompressed one.

But, if you are elegant, you will separate your scene in many layers, so when he approach, and ask “change the color of that skill there, change the color of the sky…”, you will just alter one slider in compositing program, and the result will move toward almost instantly. Your director will love you, and you will obtain few hours to sleep.

So I used Maya and Shake to construct this cityscape scene. It’s very easy, I didn’t have time to create complex model.

How Rendering Is Done For  Layers In Maya

So as first point I used this

How Rendering Is Done For  Layers In Maya

Created one directional light (sun), that casts depth map shadows with 2k resolution.

How Rendering Is Done For  Layers In Maya

Also I formed four directional lights from dissimilar sides to create blue illusion of sky explanation.

How Rendering Is Done For Layers In Maya