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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

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Mental Ray?

Ive been hearing a lot about mental ray, what is it, and what does it do for you? I know i have it because i can render in mental ray or something. ...

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by IAmThaGuvNa

02-06-2004|01:27 AM

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Smoke doesnt render why?

k, Im trying to make an explosion in my scene, no bomb explosion is complete without smoke. i created my smoking object and it plays fine and the...

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by Shayder

31-05-2004|11:22 PM

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Scene Size Causing Slow mental ray Render Times?

I've asked a lot of mental ray questions over the past few months but as of late, I'm wondering if I have a serious rendering problem that can only...

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by Alan

31-05-2004|01:44 PM

Replies: 14

Exporting to a RIB file

I am currently working on a project that will use the 3Delight renderer for rendering. What is the best FREE plugin for exporting to a RIB file. The...

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by kennez

31-05-2004|01:44 PM

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Output not mathing the camera ... ??? | Page: 1 2

Hi I am trying to math a perspective to an image so I used Camera Prescale to adjust the perspective angle to an image but when I render it - the...

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by nirsul

21-05-2004|07:32 PM

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diamond

Was messing around, trying to make a diamond shader... here goes the result. What ya think?

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by nspiratn

18-05-2004|04:23 PM

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Weird error on render

So I try to render my character and I get this: Maya Fur Renderer: Error, Parsing failed for data file E:/Bowels of the...

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by Gun-Kata

13-05-2004|02:55 PM

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Render looks rough

Hi, I modeled my basic character and everything was fine, but then I started making some paint effects eyebrows and now when I try to render,...

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by Alan

09-05-2004|12:16 PM

Replies: 3

Need help with lighting

I am not so great at lighting in Maya... but my class this month happens to be shading and lighting :( I have been playing with it and figured out...

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by Blue magic

07-05-2004|07:45 PM

Replies: 5

Rendering a movie

I know this is a stupid question, but how do you make an .avi out of .mb? I don't get how this works, I'm a total newb here...

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by Blue magic

07-05-2004|07:25 PM

Replies: 9

Hideous popping showing up in render

Hi, I animated a walk cycle and it looks allright when I play it in Maya, but then when I render it out and play the rendered frames, there's a...

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by Blue magic

07-05-2004|07:13 PM

Replies: 1

Baking

Hi, I have been trying to bake textures on a piece i am currently working on. Everything goes fine, apart from one planar trimmed surface which...

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by Blue magic

07-05-2004|06:14 PM

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PFX and Mental Ray in Maya 4.5

Is it at all possible to use Paint FX with mental ray in maya 4.5? I've heard you can convert PFX to polys and it will work but I've had no luck...

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by DrRobotnik

05-05-2004|10:45 PM

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frames per second settings with fcheck

I can see the difference between play every frame, 30 fps, and 60 fps, but I don't see a difference once it has been batch rendered and I play it in...

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by discostu

04-05-2004|02:11 PM

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render for The Sims

My girlfriend loves the sims.. not really to play the game but to make objects and stuff. I found out how to render in the right camera angles,...

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by FragMan

02-05-2004|04:01 PM

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Rage.... need help with Depth of field

Hey bro.... can you explain the best why to use this option? I haven't had too before and im not geting the results I want. I want my frog to be...

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by Kurt

30-04-2004|02:27 PM

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Wireframe Rendering: Opinions

Hello, :beer: I'm almost to the point of completing my modeling/texturing demo-reel and wanted some professional opinions. I have 5 really good...

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by Alan

26-04-2004|05:32 PM

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please help , how do i render my animation

Hey Guys, Im new to maya transfering from 3dsmax , but im having a problem i can simple always render 1 frame but how do you render your animation...

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by Zyk0tiK

15-04-2004|12:22 PM

Replies: 3

Command prompt

Hi guys, i want to render a scene with the MR renderer at the command prompt in Windows. I have all the settings at the Render Globals just like...

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by Alan

15-04-2004|09:02 AM

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importing avi's W/alpha in after effects?

I cant seem to get the alpha channel to be recognized in after effects :( I render it in Maya with the alpha channel ticked and have tried the three...

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