Alex Villabon of GreenSoda showing some pretty good examples of using layer overrides when rendering in Autodesk Maya. Alex notes: “When rendering multiple cameras, different render settings or render engines creating layer overrides are the way to go! Of course these are just a few examples but you can create layer overrides for pretty much anything. Best part is you master layer is unchanged!!”

Understanding Layer Overrides from Alex Villabon on Vimeo.