Maya Tutorials: Mental Ray Part 2-3-7-8-10-11 + ShaderFX 1-2-3-5-6

Mental Ray Part 2: Final Gather

Mental Ray Part 3: Linear Work Flow

Mental Ray Part 7: High Dynamic Range (HDR) Lighting

I know the light source was supposed to be placed where the sun was situated on the dome, but I thought it'd make more sense to have the shadows go in the same direction as the shadows from the background image

Mental Ray Part 8: Displacement Maps

Mental Ray Part 10: Motion Blur

Mental Ray Part 11: Mental Ray Proxies

Shader FX Part 1: Intro to Shader FX Networks

Shader FX Part 2: Displacement

Shader FX Part 3: Lighting

Shader FX Part 5: Reflection

Shader FX Part 6: Uv's & Animation