Ok see it now thanks, guess you just save the scene as you want it rendered (select your camera in the viewport, finalize all settings) then just close maya and render from there.

Cheers for the...

Ok, I see what you mean. Certainly when I create my master scene containing all the scenes I'm working on just now it's good to know this - cheers.

You mention rendering without maya open, by...

Usefull tip gster. Does it cause a large increase in render times?

gubar