This is a useful basic tutorial if you want to give your scene generic, readable lighting. Here I'll cover the various light types in Maya and various basic lighting setups used commonly in film and broadcast. The principles covered here are translatable to most ray tracing renderers such as V-Ray or Mental Ray. I am utilising FurryBall as a quick demonstration of the principles.
Check it out at: furryball.aaa-studio.cz
