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Workflow question ...

Currently I'm laying out UVs but have run across some questions about how to go about this best. First: I was wondering what people do with the...

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by daverave

10-05-2013|08:10 PM

Replies: 1

Mia_X Material Transparency problem

Hello all, I've a question about the transparency of the Mia_X Material. I have a couple of cans that I wanted to put some condensation on. The...

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by Calvin

10-05-2013|05:23 AM

Replies: 4

Translucence ...

Is there any way to get the "Translucence" of a mia_material into a Layered Shader. I've tried to connect the mia_material to a Surface Shader, and...

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by Gen

10-05-2013|12:07 AM

Replies: 5

render reflection plane is visible

i am trying to do a render pass for my cg character. one for shadows and one for reflection so i would be able to compose it in nuke. i created a...

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by gubar

09-05-2013|05:17 PM

Replies: 3

Lighting in Maya vs Lighting in Flame

I am not a Maya artist. I am debating a flame artist about a current job. Maya is taking 15-20 min/frame to render, and the exr files are then...

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by oldsmoker

07-05-2013|04:26 AM

Replies: 2

mia_exposure_photographic

Hi guys, im really desperate first question does the attached image look realistic?, secondly how do i get raid of the circular spots?, im using...

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by Gen

03-05-2013|08:08 PM

Replies: 6

MR calculations based on distance from SSS object | Page: 1 2

I've got another annoying render problem. Doing some test renders, I realized that it takes some time for mental ray to do calculations before the...

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by Jay

02-05-2013|07:49 PM

Replies: 15

Black exr files in AE and PS

I rendered out openEXR files with passes associated. I get MasterBeauty and also refl refr diff etc. There doesn't seem to be any passes within the...

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by stwert

27-04-2013|02:42 PM

Replies: 2

Relationship between mia_photographic and Sky Portal

Hi guys, I´d like to understand the relationship between the attribute "Cm 2 Factor" inside mia_photographic_exposure and the intensity of a...

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by LeandroOliveira

26-04-2013|12:15 PM

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batch render wont render animation

hey and thanks in advance :) so im not an expert in maya but i can get my way around, ive reached a problem where the batch render wont render an...

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by stwert

25-04-2013|12:36 PM

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Camera background color when rendering

Camera background color when rendering So I was following this tutorial...

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by MikkelSL

25-04-2013|11:03 AM

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mib_color_mix problem rendering diffuse and indirect.

Hi guys, I'm really stuck with my project because of rendering issue. It seems like I can't get the diffuse and the indirect passes to render as...

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by tetragramaton

24-04-2013|10:00 AM

Replies: 2

Invisible Light?

Hey Guys! :) I have set up a user ibl env, backplate etc... Now i have the checkerboard as a ground and another plane for the shadows. I...

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by Philcc

23-04-2013|06:20 PM

Replies: 10

object 'visibility'

hi, Is it possible to render an object invisible, but still have it block out the view behind it. eg - a cat sat on a door mat: you can't see the...

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by se7enhedd

22-04-2013|10:33 PM

Replies: 1

Final Gather vs mia_photometric_light

Hy everyone, I´ve got an issue using FG and mia_photometric_light. I have a simple scene: a room with some office furniture. The Physical Sun and...

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by LeandroOliveira

22-04-2013|03:32 PM

Replies: 2

Multiple HDRI lighting

Hi, I have setup an environment image based lighting with an hdri image. As the image shows, the whole mesh reflects as I'm using a Binn M. So...

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by cgisoul

21-04-2013|05:09 PM

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light / reflection seems to be cut off along the edge

I am not sure why after merging the vertices as shown circled in orange, the light / reflection seems to be cut off along the edge. Why does that...

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by cgisoul

18-04-2013|05:47 PM

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Problems Rendering Volume Lights in Mental Ray

I created a small volume light shining inward to provide a low-visibility view on a character traveling through a cave, but whenever I try to render...

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by Connor Lee

16-04-2013|02:43 PM

Replies: 3

cameraExposure affects mip_cameramapIMAGE

Unfortunately an exposureNode always affects the image in mip_cameramap node - which is kind of stupid, because if one needs to tweak the light and...

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by Falott

16-04-2013|08:32 AM

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Imported objects don't appear in shaded mode

I'm having a problem with some geometry imported from 3dmax into maya. The 3dmax project was exported as a FXB file and opened in maya. The...

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by David

08-04-2013|02:01 PM

Replies: 3

It works in Render View but in Batch Rendering

Im trying to render out a scene. To get the camera in a good spot I turned visibility off on a wall (during rendering) and kept the rest of the hall...

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by DJWright90

08-04-2013|01:44 PM

Replies: 2

Scanline v. Raytrace

so I've got a buddy who uses scanline to render out his images instead of raytrace, was wondering if there's anyone else who swears by scanline...

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