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creating realistic light for a lampshade

I´m trying to light this lampshade. some of the faces are being absent to let the light shine through. I googled for quite some time but couldn´t...

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by Falott

15-07-2006|08:43 AM

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creating Under Water dappled light effect???

Hi, I'm trying to think of a way to achieve a moving 'dappled' (think thats the right phrase) light effect. The kind of thing you see used when...

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by le_geo

28-01-2005|04:33 PM

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Cubic Map Creation: Shader, Script, Workflow

My lead and I have been struggling with this for a few days now. We've been tasked with creating a QTVR-like (note, NOT QTVR) 360 panorama for a...

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by gster123

10-09-2008|03:36 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

Replies: 1

custom shader

I was messing with shaders earlier. I connected the facing ratio attribute of a samplerInfo node to the reflectivity of a blinn shader. Now I want to...

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by mtmckinley

10-11-2003|04:58 AM

Replies: 13

Custom Shaders in Mental Ray for Maya 5??

Anyone know how to get the Mental ray shaders (Transmat, Parti_Volume, Dielectric... etc....) to show up in the hypershade in Maya 5?? I've tried the...

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by polygon9000

12-06-2003|06:59 AM

Replies: 1

Dalek problem

hi guys. i have made a dalek from doctor who and i need to render it with raytracing on. The problem is that the dalek has a light on it (a sphere...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|03:00 PM

Replies: 5

Dark Surfaces on Glass Material

Hi, I’m fairly new to maya and I’m having difficulty rendering a transparent object. Many surfaces of the material are very very dark in the render....

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by Gen

29-10-2013|11:53 PM

Replies: 6

Decal Mapping

How can I keep a logo applied to an object, say a sphere, from repeating a mirror image of itself on the opposite side. Its a simple pepsi graphic...

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by Falott

26-12-2007|01:37 AM

Replies: 3

Default Maya- FG+IBL+Usebackground node

Hi guys, I have tried this before and it worked fine, but only thing I am using IBL node and its giving me trouble only in Batch Render . Help...

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by cod3

27-09-2013|03:40 AM

Replies: 4

Defining min and max radius

How can I define the best minimal and maximal radius for final gathering at the render settings?

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by Alan

24-03-2004|11:55 AM

Replies: 3

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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Depth map shadows with transparencies without raytracing?

Well after searching ye' old archives, I have come to the conclusion that the particular issue I'm having with shadows in Maya 7 has yet to have a...

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by Factotumon

01-06-2007|05:39 AM

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Depth of field | Page: 1 2

Can someone tell me why i get these really jagged edges when i use DoF on camera.

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by iron_tick

21-10-2003|10:10 PM

Replies: 18

DGS Material in Maya 8.5?

Where can i find it, please help!:(

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by David

30-03-2011|05:06 PM

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dialectric material (i think) problems

Hi everyone. Just recently I thought I thought I'd try and relight some of the gun models I made at the start of the year. I've ended up building a...

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by honestdom

23-09-2009|04:38 PM

Replies: 5

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

Replies: 7

diamond caustic

Hi All... Not sure if this is a Mental Ray or not... Couple of questions on a diamond tutorial I was following. > Why am I am getting so...

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by Gen

14-08-2009|05:08 PM

Replies: 3

Dielectric Material and Transparent Shadows?

hi @ all. first: i am new to this forum and i would like to say hello to everybody in here ;) i'm a german so please be aware of my english...

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by subbz2k

15-10-2005|05:32 PM

Replies: 1

Differences MtoA vs IPR render

I have a big different contrast between MtoA Viwer and IPR on the same scene. (see attached files samples) Anybody can say me why? thanks

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by dinovfx

22-03-2016|03:41 PM

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different renderers

So far I've been using the Maya's hardware renderer because that's the default one I think. But what are the pros and cons of the other renderers?...

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by Alan

27-05-2005|08:37 AM

Replies: 1

Diffuse Render Pass in Mental Ray

I have a problem in Mental Ray. The problem is this: sometimes a character's brightness suddenly pop ups and/or pops down. So that that character...

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by UncleMito

16-06-2009|05:22 AM

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Directional light - artifact?

Hi, I'm using a directional light here. But for some reason I'm getting this weird artifact. Any idea why? and how I can fix it?

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by Alan

01-04-2004|10:02 AM

Replies: 3

Directional lighting & shadows problem

Hello! Everytime I switch on shadows (depth map or ray trace doesnt matter) I get almost black shaders (the render is very very dark, almost black)....

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by Drosophila

16-05-2014|09:52 PM

Replies: 3

Disable curves in Hardware 2.0?

I have rigged a character, where theres curves around his arms so it will be easier to control. However, when I render in Hardware 2.0, these are...

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