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Digital-Tutors Releases Introduction to Mantra in Houdini

Digital-Tutors has released INTRODUCTION TO MANTRA IN HOUDINI, the fourth release in the collection of interactive training for emerging digital artists learning Houdini, the advanced 3D animation and special effects software.

INTRODUCTION TO MANTRA IN HOUDINI offers three and half hours of interactive training for aspiring artists and provides a series of practical projects highlighting Mantra's powerful rendering tools and fundamental techniques for micropolygon, raytracing, and physically-based rendering. INTRODUCTION TO MANTRA IN HOUDINI provides essential workflows to common topics such as volumetric rendering, 3D motion blur, image-based lighting, caustics, and rendering in passes.

Highlights from INTRODUCTION TO MANTRA IN HOUDINI include: Mantra overview, working with shaders, rendering methods, environment lights, rendering in passes, rendering multiple channels, deep raster output, rendering to different files, micropolygon rendering, raytracing, physically based rendering, global illumination techniques, path-tracing, final gather, ambient occlusion, image-based lighting, caustics, shadows, geometry shaders, outline rendering with Wren, volumetric rendering, Mantra archive, depth of field, 3D motion blur, transform motion blurs, deformation motion blurs, velocity motion blurs, and compositing techniques.