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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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Lacking of shadow on a certain object

Hi everybody, http://s6.uplod.ir/i/00799/lx8dazq1xqou.jpg In the above image I want the shadow on the left hand effects water but not the...

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by Gen

15-07-2016|09:41 PM

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Masterlyr Render problem

Hello everyone. I have purchased the shading and lighting the bedroom in MR series I have been following it but as i have come to a problem I have...

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by ChaosAnimator

24-07-2016|08:51 AM

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Scene too far away from origin and cause render slow

Hey guys, My camera, characters and background is too far away from origin. It tooks double the time to render every shot. I only know create a...

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by BadBadtz-Maru

22-08-2016|07:16 AM

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Radiance for Light in Maya

Hi Friends and Mentors, I have a small confusion here. I have received a work where my client guidlines says to have a directional light with the...

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by anand29689

23-08-2016|05:49 PM

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Real Flow Melt Shader for Maya -- Mixing colors problem

Hello :) Does anyone here know how to use the Mental Ray melt shader for Real Flow in Maya? It's what's used get the mixing liquids effect. I'm...

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by Speares

07-10-2016|05:53 PM

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Turn off self-shadows but still receive shadows?

I just spend ages carefully modelling a plane to match actual real-world terrain, for the sole purpose of having a shadow look natural as it moves...

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by xgabrielx

12-10-2016|07:33 PM

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Mental Ray renders all Black

Hello, Okay, this is a very common issue but unfortuantely none of the solutions which I found on the net worked for me. I have used Mental...

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by Agni07

06-11-2016|04:36 PM

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Visor Clouds in TURTLE Renderer

Hello, I am facing a bit of a problem. I am currently trying out the TURTLE renderer for Maya 2016, but unfortunately, I am not being able to...

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by Gen

08-11-2016|01:27 AM

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Ext 2 - New render layer system

Who's been using the new render layer system "Render Setup" in Maya 2016.5 or Ext 2? Two questions: 1) Is there any way to re-order the render...

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by karunakaruna

22-11-2016|07:14 PM

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Add ramp to Layered Texture - ERROR Maya 2016

Hiya, I've been trying to attach a ramp to a layered texture in Maya 2016 using mental ray, as default. This works wonderfully in 2015 but...

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by mojopj

24-11-2016|09:37 PM

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Pls Help!! Maya Fluid Render Bad quality

https://s17.postimg.org/w7obgjm23/Damnnn.jpg https://s17.postimg.org/raaqvfk2z/damnnn2.jpg how to fix this? i already try set up the base...

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by BigdreamFilm

01-12-2016|07:21 AM

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problem with prespective view

i want to make skin color appear in prespective view not tat gray color and i have another problem when i start play my scene . the skin disappear...

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by ahmed nosser

02-12-2016|05:43 AM

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Texturing a cartoon character.

Hi Everyone, I have a 3D cartoon concept to texture for rendering a still. I have modelled and UV'd it. Texturing is not my strong point and I...

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by wozzag1

06-12-2016|11:34 PM

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error error error | Page: 1 2

when i clicked render button for rendering it show this error below.. // Error: (Mayatomr.Output) : failed during mental ray rendering: mental ray...

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by em raj

09-12-2016|04:20 PM

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Reflections on NON subdivided meshes

Hi guys. Im learning how to render with Arnold, and i discovered that reflections are terribly represented in meshes that are not going to be...

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by n3mes1s

16-12-2016|02:27 PM

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No shadows

I just finished working on my model and now shadows or related to ray trace are not working, they are enabled but I think maybe some kind file issue,...

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by karanjivnani

27-12-2016|05:25 AM

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Mental Ray pixel scattered renderer

Hello, something is up with my 2015 Maya MentalRay renderer. Rendered character will be scattered to pixels. I tried setting Mental Ray options to...

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by lauris47

03-01-2017|04:34 PM

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render only visible part of an object Arnold Maya 2017

Hi, imagine a fountain, there is the fountain body, and water coming out and flowing down. I have water mesh in RealFlow, imported in Maya...

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by Gen

13-01-2017|07:35 PM

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Maya to Nuke: A Render Problem

Hey Everyone, I'm going through a tutorial right now that involves some things from Maya to be used in Nuke. The main thing is an animated car....

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by Cybrex

26-01-2017|05:26 PM

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Rendering Smooth Mesh Preview Wireframes

So I have a problem that has been bugging me for ages and after searching for ages on the web I'm starting to feel like there's no simple solution....

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by MrYeti

26-01-2017|10:55 PM

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Maya 2017 Arnold Color Manager

Hi guys hope someone can help me out here. Been playing around with Arnold and loving it. But I have hit a wall here and can`t find anything...

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by Gen

03-02-2017|02:12 AM

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How to stop an object receiving shadows

Hi everyone, How do I stop an object from receiving shadows? I know how to stop a light from causing shadows but not how to stop just one object...

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by Jay

09-02-2017|01:00 PM

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Issue: Arnold Batch Render with Alpha Channel

When batch rendering with Arnold Render(1.1.0.3) in Maya 2015 (Windows 7), I get an alpha channel rendering a single frame. When batch rendering an...

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by luka3rd

16-02-2017|12:52 PM

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// Error: Socket error creating command port

:help: Evereytime i try to Bach Render, this appears. its only recently started doing his :/ Anyone know how i can fix it? :banghead::banghead:...

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by mofoo

28-02-2017|11:50 PM