Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
# 1 15-12-2006 , 07:49 PM
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object invisible on render !

I created 2 different chess pawns ... in 2 different scenes ...
I added the first pawn to a 3rd scenne (the scene with the chess board) by using copy/paste. Added hdri lightning and render with mental ray ! No problem what so ever !

I then added the second pawn in my 3rd scene next to the 1st pawn, added a black blinn paterial (same material as for the 1st pawn) and rendered with exactly same setting !

It doesn't appear at all in my final jpeg ! I dublicated the 2 pawns making 4 .... same thing ... the 1st pawn doubled while the 2nd still invisible !

any ideas !? really apreciate the help !user added image

# 2 16-12-2006 , 09:43 AM
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can you show us a render, and possibly the settings of the black blinn?


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# 3 18-12-2006 , 08:21 PM
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I played a bit with it and foundb the problem !

I am rendering with mental ray ... and my object, when is covered with a single blin comes out perfect when rendering, but when adding a second blinn to some faces it becomes invisible when rendered !

any ideas why !?

# 4 21-12-2006 , 09:36 AM
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did you uv map the pawn before applying the shaders?


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# 5 22-12-2006 , 10:33 PM
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Ummm I din't really know how to UV map but I managed !
Thing is that mental ray can't render 2 materials on the sam e object so I just separated the objects, adding a different blin to each of them !

Thanks for tring though !

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