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Vray projected displacement issue

Hi guys, plase don't you know how should I set up the displacement in Vray if I am projecting the map through camera projection node? Because when I...

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by Banjavor

24-10-2015|02:25 PM

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Exclude from transmission?

Hi, How can I exclude an object from transmission / attenuation / ray depth? Im using Arnold. Id like to exclude the glass from "ray depth" so...

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by OlaAtKongotec

16-10-2015|07:50 AM

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Clean mattes from object ID pass

As I understand it, creating a material or object ID pass is pretty common practice, using surface shaders with a single color (typically Red, Green,...

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by stwert

15-10-2015|08:20 PM

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Mental Ray Books

Does anyone know if there are any good books on Mental Ray for Maya? I know there are some books about Mental Ray for 3ds Max but I don't know how...

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by Martel

12-10-2015|08:03 PM

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Maya Software doesn't render smooth edges

Hello everyone I am pretty new to Maya and I wanted to start by making simple Minecraft models but I have a bit of a problem. My mental ray...

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by stwert

03-10-2015|11:44 AM

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Arnold and nested dielectric transmittance scale / transmission attenuation

Hi, Im rendering a glass with fluid, ice, carbonation and solid garnish using Arnold as a render engine. Im having trouble with and nested...

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by OlaAtKongotec

30-09-2015|03:40 PM

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Solid color render

Is there a way to render a scene were all object have a solid color with no shadow or reflection? It would make selecting different parts of the...

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by Martel

29-09-2015|07:03 AM

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Maya Software renders transparent

Hello there! I am pretty new to Maya, so I started with simple Minecraft Models but when I render it with Maya Software, things appear...

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by Gen

26-09-2015|05:15 PM

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Mentalray rendomize rendering!

Hello all, I have a new problem that I don't understand. I made an animation, I launch a batch render frome frame 1 to 150. All OK. I make the...

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by clardic

19-09-2015|03:28 PM

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Help ! Glasses materials

Hi everyone, im looking for a specific glass material value in mental ray like the myopia glasses, please anyone can help ?

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by debbana

12-09-2015|08:35 PM

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Getting mad at mental ray render

Hello pro brothers, I'm really in a bad situation. My one single frame taking like 45 minutes or more to render. It only happens when the satellite...

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by Faker513

01-09-2015|07:08 PM

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Trouble with multipass mental ray rendering (Glowing Shave Shaded Fur?)

Hello guys, I am yet unexperienced regarding rendering and I'm encountering severe trouble when trying to render my animation in different passes....

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by daverave

25-08-2015|09:30 AM

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Alpha settings with mental ray

Hello everyone, I cannot find a solution to what seems to be a rather simple task. I want to render a png image with a background color but I cant...

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by potashalum

23-08-2015|08:13 PM

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Tif Output Render Corrupt

So I was rendering out 32 bit uncompressed tif files with rendered layers but for some strange reason when I batch rendered the scene, the tif files...

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by oiver55

12-08-2015|01:48 PM

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Use background shader in Renderman/RIS

Hey, I have an object I want to be rendered in Renderman/RIS. But I want to keep its shadows but not the plane under it that catches the shadows. ...

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by Yehbe

02-08-2015|11:30 PM

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Reflecting Skies

Hi all. I have a frustrating issue. To put it simply..... I need things to reflect custom sky textures but it isn't working for me. I'm...

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by PixalZA

05-07-2015|02:58 PM

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Help! Render Settings reset when i batch!

There seems to be a bug or something but i cant find any info or post about it, like im the only one its happened to. My render settings keep...

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by Alefik

03-07-2015|05:57 PM

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MR Normal map & Reflection Problem! Help!

Hi everyone, I'm having an problem with reflection and my normal maps that I can't figure out. I'm building some log booms and only a small...

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by martingilbert3d

29-06-2015|05:39 AM

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Output window, message i dont understand PLS HELP

API 0.0 1033 MB warn 302018: type conflict: "input" is type vector, "maya_file" returns type color API 0.0 1033 MB warn 302018: type...

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by arhankb

11-06-2015|08:20 PM

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xGen instances on animated mesh not rendered animated on batch

When i render still frame it is all good, but in batch render first two, three frames it sticks,then NOT to animated geometry. I exported patches for...

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by swislion

10-06-2015|08:24 PM

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Image based lightning maya - cant render why?

Hi everyone, i'm new in graphisc 3d and autodesk maya, and i need terrible problem. I almost finish my first project, i add image base lightning (...

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by Hadson

05-06-2015|03:57 PM

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Backburner Concurrent Jobs

Any backburner users here? I've been setting up a render farm for my department, and have cleared most of the obstacles so far. Students are getting...

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by stwert

21-05-2015|06:40 PM

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Maya fluid becomes Red when rendering in Renderman.

I've made a maya fluid and everything's perfect except for the smoke color which is totally red for no reason at all. Only when I'm using renderman,...

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by Yehbe

20-05-2015|05:45 PM

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Can't batch render more than two frames!

Hello everyone, Sorry to have to make my first post here under such unfortunate circumstances, heh. But I'm just about at my wit's end with this....

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by lvuorenvirta

15-05-2015|09:51 AM