Maya® Studio Projects Texturing and Lighting

Optimizing the Scene

When preparing for a final render, it's important to optimize the scene. Optimization will guarantee that the render progresses efficiently. Aside from setting various attributes in the Common tab of the Render Settings window (see the “Batch Rendering” section earlier in this chapter), critical optimization steps follow:

• Delete construction history. Choose Edit Delete All By Type History.
• Delete unneeded geometry, such as curves used for NURBS modeling.
• Delete unused nodes, such as empty group nodes and unassigned materials. ...