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Lighting noob

Hey guys, I'm struggling to light up an 'emergency fire exit' style light. I'm wanting it to light up the insides and emit a reasonable amount of...

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by NeoStrider

14-08-2006|05:13 AM

Replies: 1

Problem with Fog

Hi all, I'm having a small problem with a spot light + fog. My basic setup is a single spotlight directed at a poly plane. I then attach fog to...

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by gster123

07-08-2006|05:21 PM

Replies: 10

Unrendered Patches on final render

Hi all, I'm having a bit of a problem rendering. Everything works fine until I add the metallic painted object. As soon as I do, large...

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by Triskelion

06-08-2006|08:20 PM

Replies: 2

mental ray (duh)

i have maya (obviously) ... and i want to know is mental ray part of maya when i purchased it or do i have to download/ buy it elsewhere? can you...

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by relikz

26-07-2006|01:28 PM

Replies: 2

render quality problem

as the topic says i have a problem with the quality of the saved jpg from the render (see attatchment) i have rendered this image out with 120dpi...

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by Alan

18-07-2006|02:38 PM

Replies: 3

creating realistic light for a lampshade

I´m trying to light this lampshade. some of the faces are being absent to let the light shine through. I googled for quite some time but couldn´t...

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by Falott

15-07-2006|08:43 AM

Replies: 7

alpha maps....

is there any way for mental ray to generate seperated alpha maps? and save them as seperate files from the color map? (in other words, one set of...

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by Xander-0

14-07-2006|10:49 PM

Replies: 7

Alpha Channels in Mental Ray

Hi, I just started playing around with Mental Ray Shaders, so this may be a basic question, but I can't seem to figure it out. I applied one of the...

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by gster123

11-07-2006|01:54 PM

Replies: 2

redering with zbrush

I have recently acquired zbrush 2, and it is greatf for displacement maps etc, and adding even more details to the model. The only problem is...

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by Alan

10-07-2006|05:15 PM

Replies: 1

Help..Wont Batch render past 1st frame

Im trying to do a batch render which i have done on many occassion, its only a seventy five frame clip, everything is set to how it normally is on...

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by lewisears

10-07-2006|04:18 PM

Replies: 3

Render problem

Hi, i'm having a problem rendering with mental ray. I didn't change any of the settings, just did a test render. Rendering with maya software gives...

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by Brains

22-06-2006|02:43 PM

Replies: 0

Lit area as transparent?

Sorry for the vague subject title, But what i want to achieve is to light a polysphere and have the lit area become transparent whilst the shaded...

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by Shader

15-06-2006|09:08 PM

Replies: 4

Camera following objects [3rd Person]

Hey there, I want my camera to behave like a rigid body. For this, I thought about simply let the camera track e.g. a poly-sphere (which is the...

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by Alan

15-06-2006|01:14 PM

Replies: 3

2D Paint Effects on Geometry

i have a building that i modeling(polygon) with grass, trees, roads and dirt all around the area that i want to mimic in my scene. Instead of...

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by usmsci

13-06-2006|04:23 PM

Replies: 0

Abmient Occlusion Shader

Hey Gang, so I'm using Maya 6.5 and I'm trying to create an abient occlusion pass for an indoor environment. I've set up the shader by plugging the...

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