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Where's the knowledge?

I'm really making an effort to learn how to use Mental Rays shaders and utilities but I haven't found a single book that makes sense out of it. All...

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by Velusion

01-03-2006|04:51 PM

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Smoke render problem

Hi, I'm trying to make smoke to use it with an earthquacke that i'm building. I'm using sprites and i've made a 100 smokelet tiff images, witch...

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by r303

25-02-2006|03:26 PM

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Light Flicker

Hi, Can anyone suggest ways of creating a flickering light effect? Im trying to create a small camping light but i guess an effect of a candle...

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by steve_210

20-02-2006|06:01 PM

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Can´t find "Render Layer/Pass Control" options

hi, im new to maya 7 and just saw a videotutorial (version 6.5) that described the "render layer/pass control" options in the maya software render...

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by payton

16-02-2006|09:19 AM

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Problem with coustics? (i think)

Hey I everybody , I was trying to render a screwdriver handle as shown in this tutorial :: http://micah.noobgrinder.com/screwdrivertut/ but I...

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by EX-Nitro

14-02-2006|04:52 PM

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Projecting shadows

Hey, I am attempting to model a tent. I would like shadows from objects inside the tent projected onto the side of the tent when looking from...

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by Velusion

06-02-2006|06:51 PM

Replies: 1

How Do I Make A Clay Render

I see everyone making clay renders and I am very curious as of how to do it. If anyone can help, I would truely appreciate it

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by pbman

06-02-2006|05:23 PM

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vector render

Hi there. I cant render out as Adobe Illustrator file. I keep getting an error in the render log saying Error: Invalid object or value: 640 ...

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by Stephen

31-01-2006|04:42 PM

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Displacement problem

I made a displacement map for my model using Zbrush. It's a 16 bit Tiff file. I set up everything in Maya as per the instructions but when I try...

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by vladimirjp

31-01-2006|02:15 PM

Replies: 5

Rendering froma a Text file

Hey guys, Anyone got any deas on how to render from a text file, I've created the text file and saved it as a .bat file and ran the file but...

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by gster123

22-01-2006|07:45 PM

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blackening on some edges

hey, i'm having problems with some mesh where the edges are not shading properly. i've tried the following with no luck 1. exporting as obj and...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|05:06 PM

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Dalek problem

hi guys. i have made a dalek from doctor who and i need to render it with raytracing on. The problem is that the dalek has a light on it (a sphere...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|03:00 PM

Replies: 5

Network rendering

I have a problem with network rendering how do i set up the machines to do network rendering and then how do i check that it works. i tried looking...

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by marwan58

18-01-2006|02:40 AM

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Alpha channel

How can one turn the alpha channel on when rendering with mental ray, is it even possible?

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by vladimirjp

15-01-2006|06:52 PM

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Render Problem with my model - HELP!

Hi Guys, I've made a transparent skin for my balsa wood fin, but the skin isn't rendering properly. ...

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by MattTheMan

30-12-2005|01:26 AM

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GI_joe error

nothing to see here folks. error has been fixed. parent not found, I just deleted the preferences. to get a fresh start.

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by FUG1T1VE

27-12-2005|11:35 PM

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create HDRI

hi guys. i'm beginner. i'm from Mongolia. i have a question. how create to HDRI?:confused: sorry, my english is bad.

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by magicsy

21-12-2005|01:25 PM

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Movie dosn't render proply.

For some reason my movie's dont render to the length of my sound. There about half a second too fast so it looks out of sync. What's going on?

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by Some Guy

17-12-2005|03:16 AM

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my model shape turns weird after rendered

hi, why the model shape turns like this after render, i just can't get it..? http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/8793/image15pn.png this is...

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by caligraphics

16-12-2005|11:54 AM

Replies: 1

jagged render

I have followed the car tut at digitaltutors and finished it, i rendered and it looks good ,but not at all professional as my chrome wheelsa are...

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by caligraphics

16-12-2005|11:53 AM

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'White Set' Rendering tutorial wanted.

This is quite hard describe, but there's a style of shot that is used a lot in advertising and book/magazine illustrations, where a simple model is...

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by magicsy

15-12-2005|03:11 PM

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pixely shadows

I keep getting really pixely shadows when rendering in mental ray, anyone know how to fix this?

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