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Final Gather vs mia_photometric_light

Hy everyone, I´ve got an issue using FG and mia_photometric_light. I have a simple scene: a room with some office furniture. The Physical Sun and...

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by LeandroOliveira

22-04-2013|03:32 PM

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object 'visibility'

hi, Is it possible to render an object invisible, but still have it block out the view behind it. eg - a cat sat on a door mat: you can't see the...

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by se7enhedd

22-04-2013|10:33 PM

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Invisible Light?

Hey Guys! :) I have set up a user ibl env, backplate etc... Now i have the checkerboard as a ground and another plane for the shadows. I...

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by Philcc

23-04-2013|06:20 PM

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mib_color_mix problem rendering diffuse and indirect.

Hi guys, I'm really stuck with my project because of rendering issue. It seems like I can't get the diffuse and the indirect passes to render as...

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by tetragramaton

24-04-2013|10:00 AM

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Camera background color when rendering

Camera background color when rendering So I was following this tutorial...

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by MikkelSL

25-04-2013|11:03 AM

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batch render wont render animation

hey and thanks in advance :) so im not an expert in maya but i can get my way around, ive reached a problem where the batch render wont render an...

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by stwert

25-04-2013|12:36 PM

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Relationship between mia_photographic and Sky Portal

Hi guys, I´d like to understand the relationship between the attribute "Cm 2 Factor" inside mia_photographic_exposure and the intensity of a...

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by LeandroOliveira

26-04-2013|12:15 PM

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Black exr files in AE and PS

I rendered out openEXR files with passes associated. I get MasterBeauty and also refl refr diff etc. There doesn't seem to be any passes within the...

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by stwert

27-04-2013|02:42 PM

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MR calculations based on distance from SSS object | Page: 1 2

I've got another annoying render problem. Doing some test renders, I realized that it takes some time for mental ray to do calculations before the...

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by Jay

02-05-2013|07:49 PM

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mia_exposure_photographic

Hi guys, im really desperate first question does the attached image look realistic?, secondly how do i get raid of the circular spots?, im using...

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by Gen

03-05-2013|08:08 PM

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Lighting in Maya vs Lighting in Flame

I am not a Maya artist. I am debating a flame artist about a current job. Maya is taking 15-20 min/frame to render, and the exr files are then...

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by oldsmoker

07-05-2013|04:26 AM

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render reflection plane is visible

i am trying to do a render pass for my cg character. one for shadows and one for reflection so i would be able to compose it in nuke. i created a...

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by gubar

09-05-2013|05:17 PM

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Translucence ...

Is there any way to get the "Translucence" of a mia_material into a Layered Shader. I've tried to connect the mia_material to a Surface Shader, and...

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by Gen

10-05-2013|12:07 AM

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Mia_X Material Transparency problem

Hello all, I've a question about the transparency of the Mia_X Material. I have a couple of cans that I wanted to put some condensation on. The...

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by Calvin

10-05-2013|05:23 AM

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Workflow question ...

Currently I'm laying out UVs but have run across some questions about how to go about this best. First: I was wondering what people do with the...

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by daverave

10-05-2013|08:10 PM

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floor tile reflection

hey guys i am having a hard time figuring out how to add an object reflection to my plane. as you can see in the image attached, i'd like to add a...

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by Ozgalis

10-05-2013|10:22 PM

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RGB information missing in Hardware batch renders

I don't know why this is suddenly happening... I've been hardware batch rendering a cloud of sprite particles that are given random RGB values via...

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by scentmental

14-05-2013|01:14 AM

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Vray trouble

I've been using Vray for a few weeks now and I've noticed that when I use it to batch render my script editor just sits on Result: Rendering with...

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by daverave

14-05-2013|12:52 PM

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Light Linking Problem ...

I have a scene with a car. The car is being lit by a HDRI and a Directional Light. However, the tires are too deep in shadow. So I created a Spot...

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by mtcgs

16-05-2013|04:31 PM

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Mental ray renders frame fraction

I've got another weird mental ray problem that I can't find a solution through google. I noticed that my main render layer was rendering slightly...

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by stwert

18-05-2013|07:23 PM

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Lighting help

Hi im newish to maya and im trying to create 2 boxes where it looks like light is coming out the top of the box but im not sure of the best way 2 do...

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by gubar

24-05-2013|09:22 AM

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rendering Mental and Maya

Anyway to render both? Say I have maya grass textures but other modeling with mental ray textures. New to maya! Thanks

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by Zer0Boy

01-06-2013|04:03 PM

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light rays shining through from behind an object?

i'm trying to create a lighting effect of (volumetric) light rays coming through the doorway but whatever i do to the light and object settings, the...

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by metalmustaine

09-06-2013|02:04 PM

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Batch Render different than Single Frame (metalray)

My Single Frame mentalray renders are working perfectly. However, when I go to render the scene using Batch Render, my images come out with missing...

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by Gen

15-06-2013|07:05 PM

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Help with Realistic Rendering...

Hi, How can I make this car look realistic? I'm having such a hard time with realistic texturing and lighting. How do I do it? I've been using...

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by Gen

15-06-2013|07:19 PM