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# 1 15-08-2007 , 03:07 AM
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render hair in mental ray

how do you render hair made with paint fx in mental ray
 
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# 2 15-08-2007 , 04:22 AM
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Modify > Convert : Paint effects to Polygons or Nurbs or
Curves.Try yourself for best solution..
 
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# 3 15-08-2007 , 06:39 AM
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If I remembercorrectly the newer versions of maya render paint effects, other than the I could only suggest the above
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# 4 15-08-2007 , 02:31 PM
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i did that but the hair looks like crap when i rendered in mental ray im using maya 7 this is before i converted
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# 5 15-08-2007 , 02:32 PM
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and after i converted and rendered in mental ray
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# 6 15-08-2007 , 02:55 PM
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try upping the render settings, looks like you might be redering with FG, if so up the number of rays.
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# 7 15-08-2007 , 06:53 PM
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that will not affect my render times and slow down the machine
 
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# 8 15-08-2007 , 08:06 PM
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I was just suggesting IF you were using final gather, up the number of rays, no use final gather.
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# 10 17-08-2007 , 02:36 PM
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nope final gather doesnt work still getting the same crappy images from before
does anyone here actually use paint FX to make hair???
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# 11 17-08-2007 , 03:11 PM
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Yes I do, I dont convert it to polys though, just leave it as paint FX, Ive not had a problem with it.

It might be because youve converted it. Does it look better with the software render?
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# 12 17-08-2007 , 07:58 PM
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with software it works perfectly but the problem is im using maya fast skin so if i do render with maya software it shows the hair but not the skin so im totally stuck here if you get my dilema
 
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# 13 17-08-2007 , 08:02 PM
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Composite it, render the hair in software and the head in mental ray.
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