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lighting sfx help please!!

Hi ive been asked to produce some amazing lighting effects in maya and was wondering whether anyone could help me...im trying to produce wicked light...

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by brentorama

02-06-2011|08:19 PM

Replies: 6

Help Volume light Problem

I've made a basic minecraft scene with a lava pool in the middle. I decided to light it using sveral volume lights in the lava as in the game it is a...

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by monkey99

29-05-2011|04:18 PM

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all black/transparent alpha

Hello, As I am new to Maya I hope the following description of a problem I am having is coherent. I have a scene (Maya 2012) which contains an...

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by azetidine

26-05-2011|03:21 AM

Replies: 2

Please help with bizarre rendering problem

Hi there, first of all I am at an extremely basic level on Maya, in the process of learning the software. I am working on a project that requires...

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by daverave

24-05-2011|09:24 PM

Replies: 6

Weird Blurring Question?

I've got a bit of a head scratcher that has halted my progression on this project. When I render out a shot from a scene I'm working on I get this...

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by LLJK-Poochie

22-05-2011|06:58 PM

Replies: 5

particle final gathering

hi guys i create a dynamic particle with move around the curve that i create. after i complete the particle animation.i wan testing its light and ...

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by honestdom

20-05-2011|03:55 PM

Replies: 5

Lighting of HIGH-scale scenes in Maya

Hey, I have an interior shot on the same scale as a normal cube scaled 650times... Its pretty large "room" + 10m long "bridge" (leading to the nord...

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by xukca

19-05-2011|10:10 PM

Replies: 10

GPU acceleration question

On the mental ray website, it shows GPU acceleration "Runs on CUDA GPUs when present" Maya 2011 comes with mental ray, but when I render, it only...

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by gster123

18-05-2011|01:06 PM

Replies: 4

render view problem

Hello, I'm relatively new to maya and still learning. I'm having a problem rendering. My cameraview looks like this: ...

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by shiftgc

17-05-2011|08:08 PM

Replies: 4

rendering prob

hi guys i rendering the animation, after that i found out i hav one cam angle havent adjust.when i click esc to abort the rendering process it...

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by omegaend

13-05-2011|03:47 PM

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how may threads should i enable for a dual xeon 3ghz?

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by stwert

12-05-2011|04:44 PM

Replies: 4

How do you make a physical light in MR flicker

I have a box with transparent parts where light rays coming shooting out of. i want the rays of light to flicker I have a point light attached to a...

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by av24

06-05-2011|03:10 PM

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render animation test

hi greeting everyone, i try doing a ball moving from left to right in ocean by set a keyframe on frame 1 and frame 24. in render option- i choose...

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by omegaend

05-05-2011|07:16 AM

Replies: 2

How would I create a material that only recieve shadows but also makes use of

bump maps. I know I can use a background material but as far as I know this doesn't have a bump map slot in the attributes. Basically I want...

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by Bubblegummonster

01-05-2011|10:39 AM

Replies: 13

how do you achieve this kind of light?

I want to achieve this kind of lighting from the begining disney intro from tron. how would one go about it with mental ray in maya? YouTube -...

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by av24

25-04-2011|11:54 AM

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Rendering Volumetric Clouds/Ray Marching/ Volume Sattering

Hello, I have a scene in a temple and I really need to have some raylights which make the dust particles visible. I've done a pretty big research,...

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by xukca

21-04-2011|04:08 PM

Replies: 4

camera weird problem

I have created a new camera but when i render it, the lightings in my scene changed(turned alot darker) but when i render it with my persp camera,...

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by Gen

19-04-2011|08:16 PM

Replies: 5

Mental Ray won't automatically load

So a few days ago, I tried to use an ambient occlusion texture, but I couldn't find "Create Mental Ray nodes" in Hypershade. After a bit of...

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by mechanicarts

19-04-2011|11:21 AM

Replies: 2

mia material x

Hello. I have a little problem with mia meterial x. I'm using it on default setting, just color is changes. I'm using it on couple objects at the...

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by zeto88

16-04-2011|02:53 PM

Replies: 1

How to override an transp' animation in a Layer?

Hello, I have few objects. Each object have a material of its own. all materials have the same Transparency animation. I want, that in a...

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by LauriePriest

15-04-2011|02:35 PM

Replies: 5

How to use DGS material?

Has anyone seen any info on using custom Mentalray shaders, such as the DGS Material? I've read alot of threads at cgtalk and highend about them but...

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