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Where can you buy that mirrorball ?? | Page: 1 2

I want to get myself such a mirror ball, so I can take pictures for HDRi myself, but I can't find any info on where I get buy such a thing ..

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by sjurick

22-10-2004|05:42 PM

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HDRI Problem

I was just following a tutorial on a different site on HDRI renders. When I render out the scene with mental ray I get all these funky colors on the...

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by sjurick

22-10-2004|02:44 PM

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camera match

im not familiar with trying to camera match something in maya, so i wanna try it now. my question is how do i import an image in my background, so...

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by Alan

18-10-2004|03:27 PM

Replies: 5

Maya 6 Rendering

Hi all. I am a true noobie. :) I made my first object yesterday and tried to render it to see the different effects I was having on my model, only...

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by goosemage

17-10-2004|07:56 PM

Replies: 1

path to renderer

who can tell me, how can i set up path in win xp /in enviromental variables?/ to another renderer for renderman /pixie.../ i have all correct...

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by redcore

04-10-2004|07:59 AM

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weird shadow

I'm getting this shadow when I render my model, there is a poly behind where that shadow is but I'm not sure why its causing a shadow on the outside...

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by cracker

30-09-2004|03:23 PM

Replies: 5

Rendering Layers, unwanted movement of geometry

When I have assigned the differrent geometry to render layers, i want, then hit batch render. When it's all done and I take a look at the renders,...

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by dae

28-09-2004|11:29 AM

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Problem with Light effects - any advice?

I would have thought it'd be an easy task to make all four key lights of my scene have a glow to them. I've been trying for ages to get it happening...

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by Alan

28-09-2004|08:43 AM

Replies: 2

Hardware Rendering

hi again.. as i experienced Maya 5, i used the maya software to render a movie BUT in the software rendering the particles doesnt show... in hardware...

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by polygon9000

24-09-2004|07:44 PM

Replies: 4

Reflections in windows

can anyone tell me how I can project a sky texture on the windows of the building I'm modeling? I've heard something about HDRI but I don't konw...

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by Alan

24-09-2004|08:26 AM

Replies: 1

tl light - how fake it

how knows how to make this light ? I need to make a scene that is Identical to this image... ...so the scene will be just like the image....a...

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by Co0KiEmAn

23-09-2004|04:45 PM

Replies: 5

Lighting, Please Help!

Hope someone can help with this. Here’s my issue: I have a very large scene and I just recently discovered the envMapLight (formerly sky.mll)...

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by Glacius-Vector

23-09-2004|02:13 PM

Replies: 8

Wireframe on shaded

how do i render a model so it looks like its been shaded but has the wireframe on it as well using the maya software renderer?

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by Pony

20-09-2004|08:38 AM

Replies: 4

obtaining shadow alpha maps

Ok I need to render a cactus with an invisible shadow(it will not be visible since the shadow is made of black pixels). However, I only want the...

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by Alan

20-09-2004|08:28 AM

Replies: 3

Mr too bright!

Here are too render, the good one from Maya software and the other from Mental ray. I used the dome technique, the skin in a Blin. The dome is white...

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by gohan1842

18-09-2004|11:44 PM

Replies: 5

making highlights glow

I am wanting to make the specualr highlights glow, can this be done in maya or is this done in post? Dae

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by dae

18-09-2004|07:59 AM

Replies: 3

rice paper lantern lights

I have some lights that have a light within them, you can see them below, my question is how do I get the lights to shine thru the rice paper...

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by Alan

16-09-2004|08:56 AM

Replies: 2

RENDER FIELD PROBLEMS

i'm trying render a sequence tga im maya and i'm having some problems! when i render with field option activate, the result is a tga with...

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by Pony

16-09-2004|12:25 AM

Replies: 1

How can I render an image sequence as a file texture?

Need to use an image sequence (image.####.tif) as the bump map, updating every frame and rendering through Mental Ray. Its easy in Maya, but I'm...

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by TimmyNeutron

14-09-2004|10:05 AM

Replies: 0

What is the best renderer?

What is the best renderer out of the ones you have to purchase? I assume it's Renderman since it costs the most, but what is your opinion? Renderman...

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by roach105

10-09-2004|12:50 PM

Replies: 7

empty surface?

hi, I was just trying to render a frame, with bump map, raytracing, and motion blur. it comes out fine, except there's no motion blur, and it gives...

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