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# 16 02-08-2011 , 06:03 PM

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ummm, what you see in the viewport isn't going to be what renders.

your blinn probably has a high reflectivity setting and so its reflecting your environment like a mirror.

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# 17 02-08-2011 , 08:36 PM

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I am confused as the render output implies you are using v-ray but you said you are using mentalray?

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# 18 02-08-2011 , 09:39 PM

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Yes I switched to V-ray by mistake then back over to mR, but they problem like I tried to explain is that when I render the scene out it looks slighlty pixelated but not sure if I have it on a different setting for it to appear like that???

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# 19 02-08-2011 , 10:06 PM

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press the 7-key and turn on viewport2 or hi-res rendering to get a better idea of how the environment lights are interacting with your materials. A ground plane would help if you are using final gather. I would tend to agree that you have the reflectivity set to high and the light intensity of the environment lights to high.

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# 20 03-08-2011 , 09:54 AM

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adjusted the reflectivity but 1 problems the lights seems to break up in spots over the edges of the car not sure if there is a setting to remedy this ???

here we are

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# 21 03-08-2011 , 09:59 AM

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here is some of the parts I was referring too, were the light breaks up across seams

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# 22 03-08-2011 , 12:48 PM

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what are your anti-aliasing settings?

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# 23 04-08-2011 , 07:42 AM

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what are your anti-aliasing settings?

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Were in the options do I find this honestdom???

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# 24 04-08-2011 , 10:23 AM

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what are your anti-aliasing settings?

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Found them there was on .100 so played around a little still getting some artifacts around the edges or am I expecting too much ?

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# 25 04-08-2011 , 10:28 AM

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here what I have in (1) viewport 2 and the AA lowered and also in (2) high quality with the AA lowered

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# 26 04-08-2011 , 10:33 AM

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What is your render quality set to?

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# 27 04-08-2011 , 12:07 PM

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What is your render quality set to?

Originally Posted by ctbram

the 1 at top is viewport 2 and the 1 at bottom is high quality

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# 28 04-08-2011 , 04:35 PM

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Done...still got the artifacts around the edges were the light should be consistant it breaks up, in facts it looks slightly pixwlated in some areas.

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# 29 04-08-2011 , 05:05 PM

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set quality to production fine trace and see how that looks

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# 30 04-08-2011 , 06:07 PM

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Final Product, I was not that familaiar with the render setting after spending 30 mins messing around think I happy with how it turned out user added image