This training series dives deep into the mental ray renderer for Softimage. Advanced techniques are covered for rendering out production scenes, designed to teach the user how to take advantage of the many powerful features of the latest implementation of the mental ray industry renderer within Softimage. Some topics covered include new shaders, such as the Bokeh lens shader that allows for the rendering of physically accurate depth of field effects, including chromatic aberration. Also covered are more techniques for lighting photo-realistic scenes, HDRI rendering, caustics, new techniques for using the new Photographic Exposure shader, and more.

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