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Depth map shadows with transparencies without raytracing?

Well after searching ye' old archives, I have come to the conclusion that the particular issue I'm having with shadows in Maya 7 has yet to have a...

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by Factotumon

01-06-2007|05:39 AM

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flickering problem in animations

When rendering animations using mental ray, I've been getting a flickering effect throughout my scenes. They are like blotches of soft shadows. ...

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by plaski

24-05-2007|01:58 PM

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Maya returner needs some help

Hi guys. I know it has been about a year since my last post but I have had a change of career among other things. I am returning to Maya to...

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by hakers

24-05-2007|01:57 PM

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lens shader (latlong) :(

Hello all I have a problem that is really frustrating me! I have textured my two planes that i want a render of. I have made a scene for them and...

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by hakers

24-05-2007|01:56 PM

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Paint effects and vector rendering

Hi- I have 2 questions. 1) I am creating a scene I would like to use grass for, and I know that using paint effects grass is a simple way to...

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by missgreen16

22-05-2007|08:22 PM

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Vector rendering and lighting

Hi- I am playing around with vector rendering, and so far from what I have tried I can't get the lights I created to show up in the renders. Why...

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by missgreen16

22-05-2007|08:21 PM

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Need a simple utility to check aspect ratios

Hi there, Not really sure where to post this so sorry if it's the wrong place! I'm always having to open up maya to use the render globals section...

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by Alan

19-05-2007|12:20 AM

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Maxwell Renderer

I just downloaded the demo version of Maxwell Renderer, but I cant figure out how to load up my scene as to render it? Help would be great.

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by njon

09-05-2007|11:07 PM

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progress messages?

Hey, what happened to the progress messages in Maya 8.5? It used to be in Maya 7 that you could set MR to print out progress messages so you could...

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by Perfecto

03-05-2007|01:13 AM

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Rendering Interier

Please give me some free tutorials about rendering and lighting interier in Maya (Mental Ray)

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by anton.it

01-05-2007|02:46 AM

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Render problems

Hello, I have a problem with rendering a movie. I´ve downloaded the tutorial of mtmckinley. In this tutorial he explaines it´s better to render a...

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by Peppomanien

26-04-2007|01:04 PM

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render layers help please

hi, I've got my scene divided into three render layers. When batch rendering with maya software it comes out fine. But as soon as I batch with...

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by gster123

15-04-2007|04:09 AM

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need help making blinking lights

Hopefully someone can help me out...I need help making flashing/blinking lights. I have a slot machine I modeled and I have small yellow lights all...

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by Alan

13-04-2007|04:00 PM

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Help - Mental Ray error on Sub D crease

Hey everyone, was just doing a few practice renders this morning when this happened: Error message in script editor says the following: //...

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by davidorff07

13-04-2007|05:58 AM

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Rendering displacement maps

I have created a displacement map in mudbox and am applying it to a character in Maya. The problem is it is not showing anywhere near as much detail...

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by Jay

12-04-2007|11:41 AM

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MR and "dynamic" HDRI

hello, I've got a scene lit by HDRI, emitting light, but no photons. I've keyframed the rotation on my HDRI sphere so it gently turns and produces...

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by Jay

08-04-2007|02:58 AM

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Theater/Stage lighting

I am creating an animation where the action takes place on a stage in a theater. Anyone have some good tips on how to set up stage lighting? I...

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by mirek03

06-04-2007|04:46 AM

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Mental Ray & Maya Software Render Layers

Hi, i'm quite new to this forum so sorry if this has been asked before!! This problem is driving me nuts!! I am currently in the middle of...

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by lilmayagirl

03-04-2007|09:08 PM

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New Render Plugin for Maya

Thought some of you might be interested in this: http://www.3dworldmag.com/page/3dworld?entry=rtsquare_now_available_for_maya

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by gster123

01-04-2007|05:45 PM

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hardware render and mental ray

hello I am wondering if it's possible to render the particle that can be rendered by hardware render (like sprite, streak and points) by mental...

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by Alan

27-03-2007|03:41 PM

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Optimizing MR

Hi, I have problems rendering a car I modelled in nurbs, I have looked over and over the settings in MR in the render globals and everytime I try to...

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by Mark Rodgers

27-03-2007|03:02 PM

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particles are not shown in harware render

hello I have made the attached firework sample which should be rendered with hardware render. if I render it as a single frame it works and nothing...

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