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MAYA LIGHTING DVD

Lighting & Rendering in Maya: Lights and Shadows
Jeremy Birn presents a new hands-on training DVD on lighting and rendering in Maya and Mental Ray. The DVD-ROM contains over 3 hours of video lectures, fully lit Maya scene files, and demonstrations of how to light scenes from start to finish. Preview it on-line.

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3D LIGHTING BOOK

Digital Lighting & Rendering
The highly recommended book on 3D lighting is now in an updated Second Edition, providing an essential guide you can use with any 3D program. Details...

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About Jeremy Birn
Jeremy Birn is a TD at Pixar, and has recently lit shots in the movies Up, Wall-E, and Ratatouille.