This video demonstrates how to light a scene in Maya using only Final Gather Indirect Illumination. No Maya lights are used.

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I've gotten a few request to show how to do a decent shader set up for modelers.

In this video I show you how I create a very simple Maya shader with ambient occlusion so that you can display your models more effectively without lengthy render times or complicated set ups.

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