I just saw this over at The Area.

Dave Lajoie is product designer rendering for Maya. He joined Autodesk 3 years ago, working on Toxik and Maya. Dave has long history working with mental ray technology (over 13 years), where 10 years working on XSI mental ray integration. Rendering is his passion, spending numerous hours looking at natural light phenomenon, decomposing its behavior to digitally recreate it. Pixels and Photons, what a delightful blend. This blog will provide insight on Maya Rendering by providing tips and tricks, production techniques for Maya Rendering.

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