From the course: Maya: Rendering in Arnold 6

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Prerequisites: what you need to know

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From the course: Maya: Rendering in Arnold 6

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Prerequisites: what you need to know

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- [Narrator] Let's begin with the course prerequisites or what you need to know. In this course, we're working with Arnold core version 6. Autodesk has released Arnold plugins for many 3D applications. And each of those plugins is based on a common code base, which is the Arnold core. MtoA is the Arnold rendering plugin for Maya. The versioning for the plugins is separate from the versioning of the Arnold core. Version 4 of MtoA uses version 6 of the core. I strongly recommend keeping the Arnold plugin up to date. As I described in a previous movie, the Arnold plugin is updated very frequently. And it's a good idea to check arnoldrenderer.com every few weeks to make sure you have the latest version. It's helpful to have basic knowledge of rendering in Maya. It's assumed that you know the fundamental concepts of materials, lighting and rendering. And finally, I'd like to talk just a little bit about computer hardware. You…

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