Overview
The 3Delight rendering options are accessible in Maya’s Render Settings window once ‘3Delight’ is set as the current renderer. This is done by selecting ‘3Delight’ in the Render Using option menu.
The 3Delight tab in Maya's Render Settings window
Render Settings Categories
All the render settings are stored as attributes and are grouped into the many different categories; here is an overview of each each category:
Quality
Contains all the settings related to image quality (filtering, shading, etc... ).
Scene Elements
Specifies the scene elements to use for rendering, including the camera and environment.
Frame Range
Specifies the time/frame range to be rendered using these render settings.
Image Resolution and Crop
Allows to specify a different image resolution than selected in Maya's camera as well as a crop window.
Image Layers
This section allows selection of which image layers (AOVs) to output as well as specify Multi-Light output, a unique 3Delight feature.
Render Engine (RENAME to Render Mode?)
Specifies options on how to render the image (e.g. progressive rendering).