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title: Simple tutorial on creating lighting effects in Maya
description: Simple tutorial on creating lighting effects in Maya
author: Sadjad Jahangiri
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# Simple tutorial on creating lighting effects in Maya

[Tutorials](https://cinemaengineer.com/tutorials)

20 November 2011

By manipulating lighting and using various types of point lights, you can create imaginative scenes for production and games. While many tools exist in other software and render engines, this simple tutorial from 2011


 

demonstrates how to create a **fog effect** on a light source in Maya using the Mental Ray renderer.



Even though this tutorial is brief and straightforward, expanding these techniques in different engines and applying them more creatively can produce highly compelling scenes for your production work.



| Details |  |
| --- | --- |
| Instructor | Sadjad Jahangiri |
| Language | Persian |
| Level | Beginner |
| Copyright | Cinema Engineer |
| Year | 2011 |