Advanced Lighting with Maya & Mental Ray

For professional CG artists and graduates of our Introduction to Lighting and Rendering Course, our Advanced Lighting rendering tutorial takes your lighting skills to new heights.

In 14 hours of video tutorial we show you how to light characters with single and multiple light sources, replicate daytime and nighttime lighting for exteriors, and incorporate image-based lighting techniques to suggest off-camera spaces and objects.

We supply a range of pre-prepared assets and scenes for you to work on, including a detailed human head model, pre-built environments and a Bugatti Veyron, all with accompanying HDRIs to ensure that the work you produce for your showcase is nothing short of stunning.

Course Breakdown

• Lighting Theory
• The Art of Lighting
• Gobos and Cookies
• Daylight
• Night and Artificial Lighting
• Image Based Lighting
• Photographic Lighting

Join the community

Our Online Courses use our brilliant social eLearning platform. It’s a virtual classroom where you can access the courseware, download source files and read background notes, all through a single easy-to-use web-based app.

The platform is also your gateway to the Escape Studios social network. Talk to fellow students on your course, post your work for feedback, check out what other people have produced and generally get involved and be inspired. There’s no more exciting or effective way to learn 3D online.

Specifications

• There is no schedule to our self-directed training and you have unlimited access to all tutorials during your 12 months access
• Training material is streamed directly through our website and is not downloadable
• Maya files containing supporting scenes and assets are all downloadable
• Software is not included. UK residents can purchase student licenses for Autodesk Educational Creative Suite, ZBrush, PFTrack and more from our Technology Store. Residents of other countries can purchase student licenses directly from software manufacturers.