Lighting & Rendering - Page 27 - 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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weird transparency problem

I am working on some glasses for a character and have used a anisotopic material with transparency for the glass material. The problem is that in my...

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by leonlabyk

06-02-2008|12:52 PM

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Render Issue - Final Gather

Using Maya 5.0.1 I have an animated scene set up with Final Gather on. My previews come of perfect but I'm having serious issues trying to render...

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by shockedpixie

27-01-2008|11:56 AM

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blobby surface dissapear on refraction

i don´t know why, but the blobby surface particles dissapear when i put them inside or behind a material with refraction. It happens in mental ray...

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by mirek03

25-01-2008|12:17 AM

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Best material for coke and water

Hi everyone! What is the best material (and settings) i can use do render a coke created in Real Flow ?! For water i have already used dielectric...

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by arran

24-01-2008|07:48 PM

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Render View Question ...

i've noticed that when you apply a displacement map to an object the render view cropping changes, as if zooming in, as you increase the alpha gain...

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by mtcgs

18-01-2008|10:20 AM

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Mental Ray rendering - what camera settings?

I'm using Mental Ray to render a particular scene. I've tweeked everything to get it to look exactly the way I want it, but I've been using the...

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by INOX

18-01-2008|08:25 AM

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Shading Group Icon

What does the red X over the icon mean.

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by mtcgs

17-01-2008|06:26 PM

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Closed Thread ...

Why are some threads "Closed" and how do they get that way.

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by mtmckinley

17-01-2008|09:46 AM

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Glass Scratches ...

What is the procedure for creating nicks and scratches to a glass material like a "dielectric_material".

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by gster123

16-01-2008|05:20 PM

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Rendering Help

when i render with default settings of final gather the shadows are light even if object is closed to the plane ... i want shadows dark and soft and...

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by Mideno

16-01-2008|06:49 AM

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Model Import

I've run into situations where an imported model comes into Maya so large that the grid is nowhere to be seen. This particular file is a 3DS format....

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by mtcgs

01-01-2008|02:41 PM

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Rendering shadows - NOT the object itself

Hi guys, I've got a question regarding rendering in mental ray. I have an object standing on a plane, using a point light on it with raytrace...

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by Alan

01-01-2008|06:48 AM

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Decal Mapping

How can I keep a logo applied to an object, say a sphere, from repeating a mirror image of itself on the opposite side. Its a simple pepsi graphic...

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by Falott

26-12-2007|01:37 AM

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Mental Ray in 2008 problem

In Maya 2008, whenever I add a transparency map and render it in Maya Software it renders normally, but when I render in Mental Ray, the transparency...

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by gster123

23-12-2007|02:21 PM

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Physical sun colour...

Hi I want to change my physical sun and sky color to something more unnatural like green or yellow, or black and white. Is there some way I can do...

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by NeoStrider

14-12-2007|04:53 AM

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rendering maya live?

Hi there, is there any way how to render maya live scene in maya itself? Regards Ahmad

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by ahmad_elhoni

08-12-2007|09:18 AM

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The Final Gather points made my renders dark.

Hi, I have a mysterious problem with the Final Gather points. I was following the tutorial on baking then Freeze the Final Gather points so it...

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by Mayaniac

07-12-2007|02:49 PM

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Someone should make a lighting video.

First i like to say that this site is the best, secondly i want to ask any one to create a video that covers all the lights and its differences.

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by AnthonyCg

06-12-2007|03:36 PM

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How do you bake GI and Caustics and/or render them in a layer?

Hi, I am in need of help as my Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs of RAM but XP reads 3.5 of it. Anyway, I am trying to render a 4000 pixel wide image at...

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by tvholicjames

01-12-2007|11:00 PM

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Fresnel falloff?

Hi, does anybody know how to create a fresnel falloff for use on reflection in maya, I know how to achieve this effect in Max but can't seem to find...

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by Andy Gee

29-11-2007|12:11 PM

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Light Setup 4 model Display

Hey guys i know this sounds quite dumb but i cant set up a lighting system to show off my model nicely, ( everyone seems to post an image of a model...

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