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Global illumination and caustics workflow

Render with global illumination and caustics

Turn on photon emission for a light source

 

User Guide > Rendering and Render Setup > Lighting > mental ray for Maya Lighting > Render with global illumination and caustics > 

Set up mental ray for Maya raytracing

To turn on raytracing and set attributes

1. Select the Rendering menu set.
2. Open the Render Settings window.

   Click the Select Window > Rendering Editors > Render Settings or click the Render Settings window icon.

3. Select the mental ray for Maya render.
4. Click the Features tab.
5. Turn on Raytracing.

   Find Raytracing in the Rendering Features section.

6. Set the raytracing attributes. See Raytracing of the Rendering Guide for more details.