Florian Wild did post six great Maya and Mental Ray Tutorials. Florian’s tutorial series is intended to be used with mental ray for Autodesk Maya 8.5. Every single of his Tutorial is very helpful. A highlight is really how Florian approaches the series “six-part tutorial series, discussing possibly the most challenging kind of 3D environment: interiors. mental ray (for Maya) users typically get cold feet and sweating fingers when it comes to this “closed combat”; the royal league of environment lighting. It’s for no reason though, as all you need for the battle is a simple field manual (this tutorial), and just a little bit of patience…”

Part I “SUNNY AFTERNOON”

Part II “Twilight”

Part III “Moonlight”

Part IV “Electrical”

Part V “Candle Light”

Part VI “Underwater”