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# 1 12-06-2015 , 03:22 AM
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Eyelashes (map on plane) won't render in mr

Is there any way to make eyelashes (an alpha map on a polygonal plane, put in transparency node of a material) appear when I render using mental ray? They show up fine in the viewport (see screenshot), but when I render, it's just the solid black plane. Yet it renders correctly in Maya Software. I don't want to use that...is there some setting I can use to make it render in mental ray? I'd really prefer not to have to go back and model each eyelash individually, sigh.

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Also, what's the best way to attach these lashes to the character's eyelid so that they move when she blinks?
 
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Of the top of my head have you ticked "alpha is luminance" in the file node..........dave


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if you're using the mia material you'll need to plug it into cutout opacity

take a look at this i recorded it sometime ago for another user who asked a similar question.

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