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Rendering engines

Ok this has me perplexed. I have Maya 5.0 installed and been using it for a while now. Now at the start, Im sure I used a rendering engine (instead...

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by [icarus_uk]

19-08-2003|02:03 PM

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Image plane setup for car model

Hello everyone. I'm trying to learn how to model cars, but cannot get my image plane setup correctly. The side and front views work, but I can't...

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by mtmckinley

19-08-2003|12:17 PM

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Hardware and Software Render

How would one go about rendering a scene that contains both a software rendered nurb and a hardware rendered particle and put them together?

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by RenardMF

19-08-2003|01:57 AM

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Don't laugh too hard...

I have a REALLY STUPID QUESTION! you will laugh so hard. but hopefully you will give me a hand as a final benevolent act before you die of...

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by carrot juice

17-08-2003|05:41 PM

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Mental Ray download

Hello, I read that you'll need to download Mental Ray 1.5.1 for Maya 4.5 unlimited. Is it true that Mental Ray in not already in the 4.5 pakache?...

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by Vampus

10-08-2003|04:50 PM

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Photoreal Nurbs Texturing using Mental Ray & HDRI ?

Hello friends ! I´ve modeled a simply airplane in nurbs and now, I´m on the texturing part. I only used these three textures for my material....

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by drknow

10-08-2003|02:59 AM

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Raytracing Problem

I want to do something very simple, but ... i got a light (raytrace on) and a semi-transparent surface with a file textur. BUT: The Raytraced...

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by olivermagno

05-08-2003|05:08 AM

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why does the render look like this?

The edges on the model are all jagged why is this, please help me and tell me what iam doing wrong. PLEASE HELP!!!, THank You

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by Nem

01-08-2003|09:45 AM

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Rendering point lights

Hi there people! I noticed some drastic increase in processing time when using point lights, compared to the other kinds of light. I noticed the...

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by said

30-07-2003|08:02 PM

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Vector animation

I can't seem to be able to batch-render vector gfx. Trying to render frame 0 to 350 and output as BMP, but when I batch-render, It comes out as...

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by DukerX

26-07-2003|07:30 PM

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grainy shadows

Hi I am trying to cast shadows with GI , and getting grainy shadows with Dmap or even with area light with raytrace shdows. I want to use GI and...

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by polygon9000

25-07-2003|12:21 AM

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need help in lighting

:beer: hi , i wann to know how to get soft shadows in a scene.and i wann to get good knowledge in lighting.

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by raghu_maya

24-07-2003|03:09 PM

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MR lighting/texturing challenge?????

Hi, An idea, What would be a great motivator to encourage people to learn Mental Ray for Maya? Weekly competitions. eg. Week 1. Outdoor...

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by Blinn

20-07-2003|08:39 PM

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Mental Ray tutorials

Hi there Anyone knows some good tutorials about Mental Ray for Maya5? I've seen the final gathering tutorial and it's great. But I'd like to...

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by Xigen

20-07-2003|03:47 PM

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Flickering textures

I have quite a large scene and when i do render about 75 frames of it i notice that theres quite a bit of flickering and noise on some of the...

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by polygon9000

19-07-2003|03:24 AM

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Rendering: Once Shot At A Time Or In One Big Bite?

Another question, folks... :) Okay, I just did a test render set up and so far, it rocks, what little time I spent on it. It was about a 30...

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by Nem

18-07-2003|12:06 PM

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Object Illumination

A thread in the basics forum got me interested in this. I was wondering if there was a way to find out much light is actually hitting a certain...

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by peterTheHero

18-07-2003|09:39 AM

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After The Render: Shrinking Down Movie File Sizes...

Okay, here's a simple one. I just finished a tutorial in the Maya 4.5 Savvy Book and I am very impressed with the final results I ended up with. My...

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by schmick

15-07-2003|03:51 AM

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radiosity in maya???

are there radiosity renderer for maya?

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by drknow

14-07-2003|05:52 PM