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Software render: fluid transparent over fur problem!

Scene Description: The scene is currently made up of: -A sculpted plane with a layered texture made up of a procedural noise map fed into a remap...

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by HcRev

04-04-2013|03:45 PM

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Normal Map bake, stretched out?

Hi, thanks for reading this, your help is greatly appreciated. I baked a normal map from hipoly to low poly mesh. The mesh is a character. The...

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by daverave

01-04-2013|11:51 AM

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Veins 3D

Hello everyone I'm new to the forum and also the 3d field and I wanted to ask you for help ... I should create a similar effect to that (for those...

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by clubdavide

31-03-2013|03:23 PM

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GI and FG photon spot issues

Hey all, trying to render a realistic indoor scene with GI and FG enabled with Mental Ray and having a tough go of it. In this first image there is a...

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by David

25-03-2013|03:15 PM

Replies: 1

Batch render doesn't animate texture | Page: 1 2

Well I've run into a situation where I'm sure NextDesign's render script will be my lifesaver. However, before I try that, I'd like to know if anyone...

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by stwert

23-03-2013|04:28 PM

Replies: 19

Need some help with high contrast lighting

Hey everyone. I'm working on a project that needs a lighting scenario that's similar to the lighting that was used in the DLC for the video game...

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by daverave

20-03-2013|06:32 PM

Replies: 1

render image size bleed

hi, Is there a way to set a 'bleed' on the render image size? If I've spent a while setting up a render view, I sometimes decide I might need a...

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by bravo2zero

19-03-2013|07:32 PM

Replies: 2

Using Material ID pass in AE

I've been rendering out a material ID pass with my shots, and I assumed there was a very straightforward way to use each color from them as masks or...

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by stwert

18-03-2013|12:53 AM

Replies: 9

Ambient_Occlusion_Render_Not_Shadowing_PillowRuffl es

Unfortunately, the pillow here is not showing the details of the edge "ruffles" via the ambient occlusion rendering. I thought it was the way I set...

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by stwert

17-03-2013|11:05 PM

Replies: 6

how to get good house AO

Ave all From two weeks i try to make good AO. I made this one (1 one). And its good but it could be better. My friend make that one in max (2...

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by stwert

11-03-2013|10:56 PM

Replies: 11

Baked texture looks different than the rendered

Hi, I'm baking textures to my model. First I create a test-render, before doing the batch bake with the same mental ray settings. For example: ...

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by daverave

08-03-2013|09:36 AM

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Batch Render only works on Master beauty

I've been trying to do a batch render of a model I'm working on. When I click batch render, the dialog box says its rendering the master beauty, and...

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by jkelbs

01-03-2013|12:37 AM

Replies: 6

Problem with Turtle Baking

I've a problem caused off Baking an IlluminationMap with Turtle, look at the Screen. http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/3173/akb9sqwu_jpg.htm ...

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by ZueB

25-02-2013|03:35 PM

Replies: 2

Render>Image size: Settings do not match actual image proportions or resolution

Hello all! I am new to this forum so please go easy if this is a question you may have already come across which has already been answered,...

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by daverave

22-02-2013|09:03 AM

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batch render duplicate object

Weird problem encountered during batch render. After i rendered them, there seem to have a duplicate object appearing in the images. In my scene, i...

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by johnnyboh

20-02-2013|10:51 AM

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Multiple Lamberts

So, I've created a few characters that all have the base Lambert1 material and thus use its skin. But when I Import them all into one scene, they all...

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by Fuzzy Meck

18-02-2013|10:14 PM

Replies: 6

Turtle for Maya 2011

Till now i've always baked my Textures with the Turtle Plug-In and Maya 2009. But now I'm only wokring with Maya 2011 and with Mental Ray baking I...

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by NextDesign

15-02-2013|07:27 PM

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Filtering and contour rendering are incompatible

I'm trying to render a shot in maya that has some aliasing problems. I think I've tracked it down to a message I get in the Output window. It...

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by stwert

15-02-2013|06:43 PM

Replies: 3

iff.#

Hello, I think I may have made a mistake when rendering out my scene. I rendered my scene using filename.iff.# file extension. When I go to...

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by stwert

08-02-2013|03:23 PM

Replies: 1

Wierd material problem (black in render) | Page: 1 2

Hello everyone. I created a basic Creeper model (from the game Minecraft), and I'm experiencing a weird problem. When I look at the model in the...

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by Matan2013

27-01-2013|03:42 PM

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Normal baking problems with outcome

Hey guys, as you can see from my photo, i have a problem with baking normals. i sculpted a high poly mesh in zbrush, imported it as an object into...

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by bullet1968

25-01-2013|08:44 AM

Replies: 6

toon shader outline to look like crayon

Hey guys, it's been a while... does anyone have any ideas how to make a toon outline look like a kid drew it with crayon?

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by tweetytunes

24-01-2013|09:53 AM

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batch render does render with more threads

Hello everyone, im using a hex core proccessor and im trying to get all 12cores to render but batch render keeps on crashing. I have try setting the...

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by digitalone

15-01-2013|04:34 PM

Replies: 6

Batch Render Looks Different than single frame

Hi, I'm working on an animation right now and I'm having a real problem with the batch render. I'm in maya 2013, and using mental ray. When I render...

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by dgoff96

13-01-2013|12:26 PM

Replies: 6

Use Background shader & spot light

I have a question about the Use Background shader and would appreciate help on. I am trying to make a spot light effect render on the surface of a...

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by Jazz555

10-01-2013|09:17 AM