Adding mib_amb_occlusion to surface shader

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# 1 08-11-2015 , 12:45 PM

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Hello again. When I add mib_amb_occlusion node to a surface shader without changing any settings at all, all I get is black. It looks like this when I try to render it.

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# 2 08-11-2015 , 01:26 PM

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You need to use mental ray to render it, as the mib_amb_occlusion is a mental ray node.

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# 3 08-11-2015 , 02:14 PM

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In the tutorial it shows the render result in the viewport. How could I do that?

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# 4 08-11-2015 , 02:15 PM

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What do you mean, rendered in the viewport? You can turn on viewport ambient occlusion by clicking the little panel icon that looks like ambient occlusion.

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# 5 08-11-2015 , 02:43 PM

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In the tutorial video the instructor has an option to see the rendered result in the viewport but doesn't say how to do so. How would I be able to do so?(turning on ambient occlusion doesn't help)

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