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acceptable resolution for showreel

hi all, im not at the stage where im ready to put a show reel together, but i am aware when rendering out a personal project that i dont want to...

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by stwert

08-09-2013|11:23 PM

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MR Blinn Color Not Matching Sample Colors in Attribute Editor

Hello All, Needing a little help rendering a boat in Mental Ray. I am rendering out a boat and can't seem to get the cabin color to match the...

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by Gen

05-08-2013|09:44 PM

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Paint Effects transparency problem

Hi, I have nebula gas made with the 3D brush tool When I render the image looks fine in Maya, I export it as a jpeg and again everything looks as it...

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by general zod

03-08-2013|12:27 PM

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Transparent texture without lighting

Hey there! I've been wondering how to make transparent texture to not "catch" lights on transparent places. Maybe it's simple but I don't know how

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by Gen

26-07-2013|11:22 PM

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Glowing Plane

Hey there. I've been wondering how to make simple glowing plane. When I increased/decreased the glowing intensity on the material nothing changes. I...

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by Gen

25-07-2013|08:14 PM

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Maya Software Renderer bug?

Hi there! I have an issue with Maya Software. When I render scene..... the textures just aren't on their places. Here is what I mean:...

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by BldRnr

21-07-2013|08:48 PM

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Batch render taking longer than single-frame

Like the title says, :) I've noticed that the batch render takes longer per frame than a single test render does. As in much longer, almost double...

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by NextDesign

20-07-2013|04:50 AM

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Top layer is not receiving shadows

I'm using the dj_mix_colors node to compile a miaX as my base metal layer and a Lambert to overlay some rust on top. It's overlapping properly but...

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by CyberGolem

19-07-2013|10:56 PM

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Spatial Contrast???

I am working with Jennifer O'Connors book Mastering Mental Ray. She is working in Max Design in the book. In there she mentions a setting...

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by BldRnr

17-07-2013|05:04 PM

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Sun and Sky, mia_exposure_photographic and background image

Hi everybody I am a bit stumped. I have a simple scene lit with MR sun and sky. The default setup uses a mia_exposure_simple node connected to...

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by PixalZA

09-07-2013|09:48 AM

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Help with Maya Fur please

Hi all, Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, couldn't seem to find a fur-specific thread. :) I'm working on an anthropomorphic furry character,...

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by Calvin

02-07-2013|08:06 AM

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mia_car_paint

Hey! I've got a big problem with the mia_car_paint shader. I've modeled the exteriour design of a lamborghini murcielago, but the paint doesn't...

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by s1acker

27-06-2013|11:35 PM

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MIB Color Mix

I've watched a couple of tutorials about this node but it doesn't cover the desired effect I'm needing or the instructor isn't very good at...

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by Gen

26-06-2013|09:41 AM

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Hardware/software maps

This may not be the most appropriate place or forum for this question - but hopefully it's reasonably on-topic... I've been looking into occlusion...

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by se7enhedd

25-06-2013|10:57 AM

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Texture/Color not present when rendered

Hello, I have a tiff image that I'm using as a texture, along with a displacement map to match it. The texture looks like it works great in the...

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by cdozier86

24-06-2013|05:38 AM

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mental ray/rendering problem

Hello, I'm making one of my first animations in maya, but strumbled on a big problem. I would like to use the mental ray to render my animation,...

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by Gen

15-06-2013|07:56 PM

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Help with Realistic Rendering...

Hi, How can I make this car look realistic? I'm having such a hard time with realistic texturing and lighting. How do I do it? I've been using...

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by Gen

15-06-2013|07:19 PM

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Batch Render different than Single Frame (metalray)

My Single Frame mentalray renders are working perfectly. However, when I go to render the scene using Batch Render, my images come out with missing...

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by Gen

15-06-2013|07:05 PM

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light rays shining through from behind an object?

i'm trying to create a lighting effect of (volumetric) light rays coming through the doorway but whatever i do to the light and object settings, the...

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by metalmustaine

09-06-2013|02:04 PM

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rendering Mental and Maya

Anyway to render both? Say I have maya grass textures but other modeling with mental ray textures. New to maya! Thanks

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by Zer0Boy

01-06-2013|04:03 PM

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Lighting help

Hi im newish to maya and im trying to create 2 boxes where it looks like light is coming out the top of the box but im not sure of the best way 2 do...

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by gubar

24-05-2013|09:22 AM

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Mental ray renders frame fraction

I've got another weird mental ray problem that I can't find a solution through google. I noticed that my main render layer was rendering slightly...

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by stwert

18-05-2013|07:23 PM