Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 17-02-2004 , 10:41 PM
ayelar's Avatar
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 107

Jagged edges... only in renders?

I can't for the life of me figure this out... I'm trying to render a treadmill model that a classmate modeled, and it renders with these really nasty jagged edges and thus shadows, despite looking fine in the viewports. It's not the lights, I don't think... I've tried all sorts of different light combinations and the problem persists. I feel like the problem is with the mesh, but how?

I think he made it using polys. He said something about this being a smooth proxy rather than a smoothed mesh, but I'm not quite sure what that means. Any ideas?

Attached Thumbnails

Last edited by ayelar; 17-02-2004 at 10:51 PM.
# 2 17-02-2004 , 10:43 PM
ayelar's Avatar
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 107
and the viewport:

Attached Images
# 3 17-02-2004 , 11:04 PM
Saiyan's Avatar
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 441
Try setting your anti-aliasing settings to production....that should fix it.user added image

# 4 17-02-2004 , 11:06 PM
ayelar's Avatar
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 107
Hmm.... I'm using mental ray... where are the anti-aliasing settings?

Thanks!

# 5 17-02-2004 , 11:14 PM
Saiyan's Avatar
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 441

# 6 18-02-2004 , 01:39 AM
rich's Avatar
Subscriber
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 418

Originally posted by ayelar
Hmm.... I'm using mental ray... where are the anti-aliasing settings?

Thanks!

If you are using Final Gather, bump up the number of rays. Also you should try experimenting with your min/max radius values. The min should be about 10% of the Max... a good start would be 1 and 10 respectively.


That'll do donkey... that'll do...
Posting Rules Forum Rules
You may not post new threads | You may not post replies | You may not post attachments | You may not edit your posts | BB code is On | Smilies are On | [IMG] code is On | HTML code is Off

Similar Threads