Mental Ray Question

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 06-02-2003 , 11:38 PM

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I have Maya 4.0, and I noticed Mental Ray is for Maya 4.5. Now I was wondering if theres a version of MR for maya 4, or if it will work with 4.0. Thnx for any info.

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# 2 06-02-2003 , 11:46 PM

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im pretty sure they only have a free version of mental ray for maya 4.5 if you use it for 4.0 your gonna have to pay for it.

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# 3 07-02-2003 , 12:47 PM

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I'm sure mental ray for maya only works on maya 4.5.

You could use the stand alone version, but that'll COST you user added image

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# 4 09-02-2003 , 09:25 AM

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yep... only for 4.5....

check out www.aliaswavefront.com

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# 5 09-02-2003 , 05:55 PM

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Sorry about posting in the wrong place. Didnt know there was a Mental Ray forum.

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# 6 09-02-2003 , 11:03 PM

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Hey, you could download de Maya 4.5 PLE and play with MR, i know that those big letters in the scenes can be a pain in the ass, but its better than nothing! user added image