Hi All...

Not sure if this is a Mental Ray or not...


Couple of questions on a diamond tutorial I was following.

> Why am I am getting so much grays, and not enough strong darks and lights?

> Why isn't my gradients nice and smooth? If you look closely, there seems to be something like dithering going on.

I went over the tutorial very closely and even the files. Not sure what I'm missing or what went wrong.

i pointed out the dithered areas in red.



links:
https://www.rossow-web.com/diamonds.jpg
https://www.rossow-web.com/diamond2.jpg


Any help would be great.
.roy.