Lights and shadows - Maya lighting and rendering tutorial

Jeremy Birn 2013-11-28 09:02 tutorial > Maya > lighting

Full 18-part course by Jeremy Birn from Pixar: "Lights and shadows".

Brought to you by Jeremy Birn, the Pixar Technical Director who recently wrote the new Third Edition of Digital Lighting & Rendering, this full 3+ hour training DVD (originally produced in 2008) and its scene files are now available for free.

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