Fundamentals of V-Ray For Maya

Yes, V-RAY!  

  My good friend Dariush Derakshani has put out a new series on Plural-Sight 

The Fundamentals of V-Ray 

 https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/maya-vray-fundamentals

Dariush is known for his book series Introducing Maya: 3D for Beginners and Maya: Secrets of the Pros  . He also teaches at USC film school along with working as a VFX and CG supervisor in LA.   He is also just an all around good guy... 

Denoiser in V-ray 3.4 for Maya

Chaos group added a new post-process denoiser that you can run post or during your v-ray renders in V-Ray 3.4

go here for all the latest updates:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_maya.html