Lighting & Rendering - Page 33 - 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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Particles not showing through glass

help help help... i must be losing my mind! Ok i have a cloud made from particles and when i render it on its own its fine. HOWEVER... when i...

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by rassie

22-10-2006|01:43 AM

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backface culling

I have been building this model but discoered that I can only see the faces from 1 side. I believe this problem has something to do with backface...

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by cris007

07-10-2006|07:51 AM

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fg and alpha chanel not working well

What is wrong with fg and the alpha chanel? Every time I use fg and make my back ground color iluminates my scenes, and save the image in tga. Then...

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by kazama

05-10-2006|08:32 PM

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using alphas

I am having some trouble with some stickers I have placed on a bike. I am trying to make the space that surrounds the sticker transparent. In order...

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by NeoStrider

04-10-2006|11:10 PM

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How do you stop the "Flickering" with Final Gather?

Hi, Just wondering who do you stop the flickering when rendering the project without rendering in passes and just render using Mental Ray and...

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by ahmagnet

04-10-2006|09:27 AM

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Mental Ray can't render IBL in long distance

Hi This is an emergency. I was rendering with Mental Ray Maya 8 with IBL sphere. Floor is a NURBS Plane with DGS for reflection. With the...

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by NeoStrider

03-10-2006|04:36 AM

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general rendering question

dear maya gods... sorry to bother you with such as simple question but i have i dont have a clue how to solve my prob on my own. i have used 3ds...

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by THX1138

02-10-2006|08:33 AM

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HDRI

I want to create a chrome metal on maya, but am not sure how to set up the pics to want to use or anything. I want to set up a reflection on my...

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by AnthonyCg

30-09-2006|02:26 PM

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Render layers

OK, you know how with render layers you can assign a material override to the whole layer, or just to an individuaobject? Well how do you remove an...

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by Dann

30-09-2006|03:02 AM

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rendering with mr dont work for me

OK here is the file. It renderes for me fine in maya software, but not mental ray. Please see if you get the same and if not someone please shed some...

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by clopper

27-09-2006|04:11 PM

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Glossary of Rendering Terms

Found this excellent online reference of Rendering Terms: http://smorigin.scm.cityu.edu.hk/intranet/easn/docs/glossary/index.html Wish I could do...

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by Alan

26-09-2006|03:26 PM

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render with wire

I would like to render with wire like in the display option. is it possible? thanx!

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by THX1138

23-09-2006|01:38 AM

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object lighting

How can I make neon lights actualy be a light? http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l157/thejustifiedman/City_Project.gif

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by vladimirjp

22-09-2006|05:16 PM

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Displacement map, Bump Map Problem | Page: 1 2

When i assign a bump map to my model after I set my approx node and displacement map, I get a strange result. My UV's are set correctly and ive...

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by iron_tick

12-09-2006|09:13 AM

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gi error?

what has happened here? I did place a pointLight above those 2 objects and activated gi. geometry is illuminated only on X and Z axis not on Y axis...

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by iron_tick

10-09-2006|05:22 AM

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perspective/camera render

hi everyone, i seem to have this problem.. when i try to batchrender a scene using my camera, it starts making a clip of the perspective view...

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by publicFunction

10-09-2006|02:22 AM

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Halo Light Passing Through all objects

Hi everyone, First time posting but have been a member for a couple of years now. I'm having trouble with a volume light. The problem is I have...

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by iron_tick

09-09-2006|03:44 PM

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Normal Map viewing...

Hi guys, Im having problems in that when applying my normal map it appears very poorly lit in my viewports which is making hard work checking out my...

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