Maya Texturing:1.1 Choosing A Maya Renderer Posted on 2012/08/312013/01/07 NINJAPosted in AutoDesk Maya, Maya Texturing Maya Renderers There are 2 Maya Renderers Mental Ray and Maya Software renderer. Mental Ray Loading Mental Ray: – Mental Ray will need to be loaded in the Plug-In Manager. – Go to MAIN || Window > Settings and Preferences > Plug-In Manager. – Turn on Mayatomr.mll. Selecting your Renderer: – Go to the Render button – Select the renderer. Maya Software Renderer Maya’s multi threaded renderer.