Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 30-11-2012 , 06:53 PM
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Rendering smoke mental ray

Hi,

I am having problems rendering smoke in Maya using mental ray. I have a plane set up with a smoke explosion on it using fluids.

The shadow cast by the smoke is completely black and very sharp edged. Ihave put a cube in this scene which casts a decent shadow but the smoke doesn't.

I have a directional light set up and it is using raytracing.

Global illumination is turned on.

Any ideas what I may be missing?

Thanks in advance user added image

# 2 30-11-2012 , 07:13 PM
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# 3 04-12-2012 , 04:26 PM
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Thanks I will give that a go

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