How to Create a Long-Exposure Effect With Arnold Mesh Lights

Lee Griggs shows how to make long-exposure lighting effects using Arnold Mesh Lights.

Mesh lights are super helpful in Arnold. They can render faster, produce less noise than an emissive surface, and offer a great way to create non-standard light effects.

This new tutorial from Autodesk’s Arnold Rendering Specialist Lee Griggs shows how to use Mesh Lights, motion blur, and volumetric effects to create a long-exposure lighting effect with Arnold under Maya.

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