What is Mental ray...exactyly??

Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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# 1 18-09-2007 , 09:41 AM

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Hi I am kinda new to the forum here, but I am an avid maya fan. I took one class on maya: (3d modeling and anim. 1) here at the academy of art in SF. I didnt even take the pre-requisite, and sill got a B...I have kinda a dumb question..what is mental ray?...is it a light???whats a simple way of using it in maya so I could experiment thanks so much
Love Maya'Brady:attn:

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# 2 18-09-2007 , 10:21 AM

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Re: What is Mental ray...exactyly??

Originally posted by Soulrider911
Hi I am kinda new to the forum here, but I am an avid maya fan. I took one class on maya: (3d modeling and anim. 1) here at the academy of art in SF. I didnt even take the pre-requisite, and sill got a B...I have kinda a dumb question..what is mental ray?...is it a light???whats a simple way of using it in maya so I could experiment thanks so much
Love Maya'Brady:attn:

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It’s a rendering engine, like Maya Software, Maya Hardware, etc.

I’m sure if you check the Maya help files, you’ll find a lot of info on it. user added image