Lighting & Rendering - Page 10 - Simply Maya User Community

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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Lighting from around a corner (MR)

Hey guys, I'm not so great at lighting, and though I've experimented a lot, I'm not having much luck with what I'm trying to achieve here.. I...

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by Gen

08-12-2013|02:00 AM

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Rendering Mesh doesn't match original.

Hi there! Its the first time I'm trying to export a render with the mesh on it. I got it working but the mesh lines are a lot closer together...

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by gubar

06-12-2013|01:34 PM

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Export Mental Ray Mi Files Problem

Whenever I try to export geometry from Maya into a .mi file, the file exported is only a few hundred bytes in size and nothing appears when I render...

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by leonb2273

21-11-2013|12:08 PM

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Rendering transparency problem

I'm working on a scene at the moment with a 3d model lit by a basic 3-point light setup. I need to have labels coming off of the model with...

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by Gen

18-11-2013|09:33 PM

Replies: 6

Help!! Render still going after days!

Hi All, Hopefully one of the board gurus can give me some insight into a vexing issue. Anyhow, my render which is quite large 5k, single frame,...

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by benedictus38

17-11-2013|04:48 PM

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Render reflections on transparent background?

Hello there. This is currently driving me nuts! I've check a zillion different guides / docs and tutorials but cannot find an answer...if anyone...

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by okhybrid

13-11-2013|11:26 PM

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Problem rendering my fish with V-Ray 2.0 in Maya 2013

Ok, so here is a pic, od my fish. It renders horribly in Mental Ray, and It needs to be turned in like yesterday, so I need to just use the V-ray I...

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by MrYeti

13-11-2013|08:22 PM

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Light passing through cube

Hey, I am trying to set up a scene where a Rubic's cube seem to emit the light. The thing is that I don't want the cube to be like a light bulb...

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by Gen

30-10-2013|11:28 PM

Replies: 4

Dark Surfaces on Glass Material

Hi, I’m fairly new to maya and I’m having difficulty rendering a transparent object. Many surfaces of the material are very very dark in the render....

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by Gen

29-10-2013|11:53 PM

Replies: 6

Mentalray or v-ray

Hi! I have been using mental ray for some years now, but i have recently started making some arch/viz stuff. Which render is prefered? Is it easy to...

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by honestdom

24-10-2013|02:54 AM

Replies: 1

Renderlayers / contribution maps

Hi! I just watched the dark art of mental ray and i had some questions about it. Usually when i do a render i use the photographic lens and i gamma...

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by SwatSnipe

22-10-2013|03:42 PM

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Tile rendering

I have to render a large scene @ 25" square at 300 DPI which is causing crashes. I know there is a tile rendering technique that allows the render to...

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by TeddyG

21-10-2013|01:46 PM

Replies: 2

Physical Sun&Sky

Morning, I did a render recently of a wall and sign graphic - I rendered with global illumination and an Hdri image. But the result was not that...

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by Sircharles

21-10-2013|09:47 AM

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Character's eyes stay black after baking

Hello ! I've searched alot but couldn't find a solution to my problem. When I do a render view of my character (maya 2014) it looks fine but as soon...

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by gubar

18-10-2013|02:09 PM

Replies: 2

mip_rayswitch transparency issue

Hi guys, I'm having some trouble. I'm using an mip_rayswitch to light my scene. Everything is fine except one thing. I'm not getting an alpha...

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by prat391

17-10-2013|09:04 AM

Replies: 0

Render Artifacts

Hi, So i got this file back from office to work on and when i'm rendering it i'm getting this: http://i39.tinypic.com/35l90y9.png Can...

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by stwert

14-10-2013|01:37 AM

Replies: 3

Fur Matte Opacity question

Hello all, I have a shot where I have furry characters in fog. FOr the fog I just have a static Maya fluid. Now the characters are at different...

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by honestdom

12-10-2013|02:14 AM

Replies: 1

Bad render with Instanced Particles

Hi, I created a snapshot sequence of an animation then referenced it in a particle system as an instance. It's all working fine with the exception...

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by TinaTwilight

08-10-2013|09:14 AM

Replies: 2

Shadow Layer Problem

Hi all, I am currently practising render passes and layers and what-not. I created a seperate render layer which will only capture my shadows using...

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by RockyMills_01

06-10-2013|05:20 PM

Replies: 0

Render the current frame Problem! :(

Hello all , my name is Constantine from Greece. I am kinda new to Maya...but i can manage some things. I have searched for hours for...

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by PixalZA

05-10-2013|05:42 AM

Replies: 11

Lights problem when exporting in .obj

Hello everyone! Im new here and also in maya so forgive my noobness. I just made a simple model of an ukulele in maya 2012 and i want to export...

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by stevemaster

02-10-2013|07:44 PM

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Batch render issue

Hello people, So here I am with a whole new issue. Last week I was working as usual on my scene and wanted to batch render it. It didn't worked...

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by Fantilir

01-10-2013|02:05 AM

Replies: 3

Default Maya- FG+IBL+Usebackground node

Hi guys, I have tried this before and it worked fine, but only thing I am using IBL node and its giving me trouble only in Batch Render . Help...

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by cod3

27-09-2013|03:40 AM

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Maya 2012 objects won't cast shadows

So i'm totally new to maya, and I've been doing well so far in figuring out the program, but I'm starting to have major trouble. none of the objects...

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