Class Description: Performance Optimization
Intended for technically-oriented artists and technical directors(TDs), this two-day class focuses on optimizing mental ray for better performance. We split the focus into two categories, algorithm-based optimization and memory usage. Exercises within the 3D application provide hands-on practice with the material covered in lecture.
Class Prerequisites: Performance Optimization
The minimum requirements for taking the class include:
- Experience using mental ray in one of the 3D applications (Maya, XSI, 3ds max, etc.).
- Familiarity with indirect illumination techniques
| GI and caustics photon mapping
| Finalgathering - Knowledge of scripting language or common CG scene file format idioms:
| Variable declaration and type definition
| File data structures: block begin/end, keyword/value pairs - Reasonable proficiency with a text editor and command-line tools.
Performance Optimization
Two days, 10AM-6PM