I've noticed I have the same problem on a different model. Someone was working on a pair of blue jeans for another character. When they rendered out the jeans looked great. When I copied over the the...

How do I check my reflection level? Sorry I'm a newb, I'm learning as I go.

UV Layouts

Color
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All texturing has bean done in PS off of uv lay outs.

So, I'm attempting to add a bump and secular to my monster. I'm using a rock surface as the texture, but when I render everything still looks smooth. Also when I do the specular I'm trying to get rid...

Got it. For some reason Mental Ray was un-checked in my plug in manager. All I had to do was check load on Mayatomr.ml and...
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I seem to remember mental ray being an option that did good renders, but it's gone from the drop menu for some reason???

Nothing happens???

So I'm working on texturing and want to see how my bump is coming out. However, when I try to render I get a blocky render as seen below.
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Ah, HA!!!! Found it!!! I needed to click on the sphere icon with the checker on it above the image window.