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Mental ray Batch Render problem

Hi, I,m doing a simple animation with mental ray sun and sky lighting. When i render with render preview the render is just like i want, but when I...

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by Gen

08-05-2014|08:37 PM

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General question about render with mental ray

Hello I have a scene with three model for exemple A and B and C. The first model affaect the B and C model with some shadow. i need to render just...

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by stwert

08-05-2014|11:45 AM

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how to cancel anti-aliasing ?

Hi everyone, I'm desperately trying to cancel anti-aliasing fonction while rendering an image of a hand with 12 labels of 12 different colors...

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by daverave

06-05-2014|04:09 PM

Replies: 1

Mental ray shader problem

Hello I have a scene with a flower ( with a mia materiel ) and a butterfly also with an mia materiel. when a render the scene the flower reflect...

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by incitement

06-05-2014|11:06 AM

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Hard edges trouble with mental ray

Hi I´m almost new in maya, so it is likely that this problem is pretty simple to solve. I need to make some objects with low poly look, to do...

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by cjc

30-04-2014|04:57 AM

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Grainy Renders

Hey all! I'm a new maya user (loving it!) and today I was following this tutorial,...

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by bppitt

27-04-2014|08:38 PM

Replies: 4

Weird Lighting on Character

Hello, I've been lurking here a while now, the questions with answers really help. Anyway, I seem to have run into a problem even google cannot...

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by husbyhogan

23-04-2014|07:00 PM

Replies: 7

scale a hdri image?

http://i59.tinypic.com/14v1d76.png I want to scale my HDRI image bigger so that my tire can fit... I can't scale the tire down because it'll...

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by tweetytunes

12-03-2014|08:13 PM

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volume fog + light linking?

Trying to create light fog for stage lights in mr. Using a cube volume primitive. Problem: how do I get the cube volume to only be illuminated by...

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by danielames

10-03-2014|07:43 PM

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Reflection

Hi! I'm having some trouble about reflection. As you can see in the attached images, the reflection of the table is different from what the table...

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by Gen

07-03-2014|06:57 PM

Replies: 7

Batch Render not displaying all textures

Hi, I have a chess board animation that when I render frame by frame all of the textures are displayed perfectly but when I batch render, there is...

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by Gen

04-03-2014|06:07 PM

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[SOLVED] unable to network render with Mental Ray Satellite

Because I couldn't find a working answer to my problem ANYWHERE, I thought I'd share how I solved my network rendering problem. ---THE PROBLEM---...

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by danielames

20-02-2014|04:42 PM

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Rendering a DX11 shader?

so the directx 11 shader looks pretty damn neat, I was just about to play around with this shader until i found out that i have no clue how to render...

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by Skalman

15-02-2014|09:03 PM

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How to get etched glass effect

Hi all, It's been quite a while. Good to be back. I'm trying to put a simple logo on flat glass for an etched glass effect, but nothing I try...

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by danielames

13-02-2014|10:00 PM

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problem with misss_physical in mental ray

Hi everybody I have a problem with misss_physical: In the first image I try to test the optical properties without the approx but something get...

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by smroby

13-02-2014|01:11 AM

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a great traning dvd !!

hi friends - i sure you cant find this traning dvd in internet for download - im sure :) even the torent link !! but i found the torrent link...

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by septopus

07-02-2014|09:07 PM

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How to modify greyscale interpolation ?

Hello, As I am new to Maya, my vocalbulary is very unprecise I am afraid, so please bear with me. I am using a python script in order to...

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by ondeorange

05-02-2014|10:18 AM

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Depth Layer - Mental ray - ramp banding

Hello, I have been trying to use this technique here: ...

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by pablojonessoler

02-02-2014|12:03 PM

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Need Advice Lighting A Scene - Tunnel

So I just got back into modeling. Lighting a scene has always caused me trouble. This time though it is really causing me to have a headache...

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by Logan1554

28-01-2014|05:12 AM

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Light Fog Artifacts

Hi guys! I'm trying to render light fog through the parti volume node using a directional light. I'm seeing these weird zig zag pattern artifacts...

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by prat391

21-01-2014|10:04 PM

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Custom plugin not rendering animation files in MentalRay

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! Sorry to be bugging all of you with a question on my first post. We have this custom MentalRay shader plugin from...

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by NextDesign

09-01-2014|04:22 PM

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Batch Render Not Rendering Environment

I'm trying to render a short video with Mental Ray. I've set up Physical Sun and Sky and it renders what it's supposed to look like with the render...

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by CollinBishop

31-12-2013|07:47 PM

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Can't find default light set in Maya Outliner

I can't seem to find the default light/directional light anywhere in the outliner. What if while creating a playblast I want to see default light as...

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by sabretooth666

19-12-2013|06:19 AM

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Weird Problem - Can't find the problem

Ok, this is a very weird situation. A 3d cloud like texture showed up during on of my renders on my lampshade, so I deleted the material and placed a...

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by MrBungle1

09-12-2013|03:23 PM

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intensity of the light based on its distance from mesh

hi, i need help with controlling the intensity of the light based on its distance from mesh a character is moving close to wall that contains...

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by jovstrel

08-12-2013|06:03 AM

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