[Gis]

If you are new to Maxwell Render we strongly encourage you to read the "Before you begin" section in our documentation - this will help you to avoid common mistakes when starting out.
The link is: http://support.nextlimit.com/display/ma ... +you+begin
Good luck for the competition.

[Mihai]

Apart from that section, what will be useful for this competition is understanding how to work with the shadow channel and how to composite it in your image editor:

http://support.nextlimit.com/display/ma ... ow+channel