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Hello to all. I am sorry that my first post for this great communitiy is a cry for help... but I desperately need some help. And sorry for my...

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by onemillionthanks

27-07-2018|07:31 AM

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[Help Maya/Arnold] Light and shadow flickering at render sequence

Hello, For a schoolar project I have to do an animation with Maya using Arnold. When I try to render my animation the lights reflection and the...

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by Pitwo

04-05-2024|08:42 PM

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rendering multi layers to a single EXR file?

Has something changed? I group different objects into different collections and render out as an exr. Maya renders out each collection as a separate...

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by Error9001

13-03-2024|10:47 AM

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Need help with Alpha Channel showing a white screen in Maya Software

When I render it using Maya Software and all channels it looks fine but when I use alpha channel the entire screen is white (not just the object...

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by Sonically

04-02-2024|11:40 PM

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How Do I Render Layers in the Render Setup But Retain AOVs?

SOLVED! I left the Scene layer ON. Now when I rendered a test frame, I was able to retain my AOVs *PLUS* have separate layers. Original Post...

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by lilnyc

29-12-2023|11:59 PM

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Could anyone help me? Challenging

I am trying to make renders with lamps following the transmission principle like an optic fiber lamp but using a rolled acrylic bar in this case. ...

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by fourdmodeling

09-11-2023|07:31 AM

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Arnold Toon Shader and transparency? 2023! is that a joke

its a shame that a powerful render engine such as arnold doesn't even have transparency in both toon shader and flat shader, we work with textures...

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by ridsa

20-07-2023|12:48 PM

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AI lighting options not working

Hi! When trying to use AiAreaLight (or any of the AI light options), I keep getting this error: // Error: file: C:/Program...

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by scarrlet

17-07-2023|08:00 PM

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texture or render issues?

I have been work with Maya for look development. I got that issues in texture while rendering that object ,I have no idea for that issues. I tried so...

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by pawie

20-03-2023|07:07 AM

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How do I start rendering sequence from crashed frame ?

I am rendering as Multiple Layers using render setup. My render crashed when my Backlight passes is at frame 63 and rest of the passes at 53. How do...

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by snapseed

20-11-2022|03:32 AM

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Real Caustics in Maya

Hi there, I have a scene with glass objs, and I want to render as real photon like GI and caustics. But Arnold not support photon and only I can...

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by ebiazad

26-08-2022|10:10 AM

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Arnold rendering 1st frame over and over

In Maya 2022, trying to render a simple test animation using Arnold. render > render sequence. I get the same frame rendered over and over. In the...

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by Intersteller

28-07-2022|12:38 AM

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Render Farm Migration Advice.

I'm hoping someone could give me some advice. The system in place that we have right now for our render farm relies on our homebrew interface...

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by ljadick

28-06-2022|03:09 PM

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Maya software renders are very grainy

Several years ago, I made an intro for my videos, that was kinda based on the 20th century fox intro. This was in Maya 2008, I think. Anyway, I...

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by KandaceVance

12-04-2022|05:34 AM

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V-Ray 5 no gpu usage wanted

Hello, I'm having a problem with v-ray 5 in Maya for some time now. I'm using cpu rendering, still v-ray is using my gpu often while rendering...

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by Faker513

06-02-2022|09:10 PM

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Arnold aiAtmoshphereVolume creating random scattered light noise

I created one candle in my "table for two" scene and enabled aiAtmoshphereVolume, and it glows just fine now. For my other existing lights I turned...

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by bagg68

01-09-2021|08:18 PM

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Model looks yellow when rendering

Hello I’ve imported this fbx model but when I render it looks highlighted with the color yellow, can someone please help? Thanks I’m using maya...

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by Jinc444

01-09-2021|07:40 AM

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Anaglyph render sequence

Hi there, guys! Just tried to render sequence with no luck. I've set MayaHardware2.0 as render engine, select renderable camera to stereoCamera...

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by Leming

02-03-2021|07:06 PM

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specular highlights at UV seam

Hi, I have this model UV'd and with texture/spec maps from Substance Painter. I'm pretty happy with how close I've got the maps to look in Maya...

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by se7enhedd

06-01-2021|04:57 PM

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Help with Maya Arnold clipping mask

I am trying to make grass using an image I made in photoshop, but whenever I render it using arnold the grass in the back is black instead of...

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by Jackkd88

03-09-2020|03:09 PM

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Getting rid of hdr skydome in render via render setup?

I am getting up to speed on using the render setup in Maya with Arnold. I have been sorting geometry into different layers/groups. I am lighting the...

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by Jackkd88

03-09-2020|02:32 PM

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How to create a glow effect in Arnold for Maya or change render engine?

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by Triangulatorinn

28-07-2020|04:12 AM

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Composite in Maya

Hello everyone, I am trying to use Maya Composite , but can't find how to launch it in Maya??

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by BldRnr

29-10-2019|11:05 AM

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Help in aheiving modern day 3D cartoon-like looks

Hello everyone, I don't know if crtoon-like should be description for it but, I’ve tried to achieve modern day 3D animation textures and color...

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by luciferr

20-08-2019|10:23 PM

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Renderman Glow effects questions

Can anyone tell me explicitly how to create a mystical glow effect from an object inside Renderman for Maya? say a cool looking glowing mushroom or...

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by TheMuffinMan9

06-07-2019|11:16 AM

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Bifrost Lava texturing?

Hello, does anyone know how to texture a Bifrost Mesh to look like Lava? Sim isn't an issue, its more of the look. I'm going for something like...

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by Calvin

30-07-2018|03:50 AM