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Ambient Occulsion issues

Using MentalRay baking to make my AO map Working on a battle axe I made So the thing is I can get only the front or rear to work. If I set...

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by n88tr

20-02-2016|08:39 PM

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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

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Anaglyph render sequence

Hi there, guys! Just tried to render sequence with no luck. I've set MayaHardware2.0 as render engine, select renderable camera to stereoCamera...

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by Leming

02-03-2021|07:06 PM

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animated displacementmap

Hi, I'm trying to use an image-sequence as displacementmap, but when i batch-render it just shows the first frame of my sequence.. I tried...

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by LauriePriest

18-10-2007|07:03 PM

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animated maps in mental ray?

anyone know how to use / apply an animated map as a texture? I have a looping avi which I wanna apply to an object - it works for software render...

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by Velusion

12-10-2005|07:18 PM

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Animating Spotlight's intensity

Is there a way to animate a spotlight's intensity when you use intensity curves? Since the graph editor shows a light's intensity over distance, how...

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by dashajak

30-07-2004|08:24 PM

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animation & dynamics rendering

Hi I have made a short cartoon invoving dynamics and animation. I was wondering which type of rendering would be appropriate (software,...

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by NextDesign

27-07-2005|03:17 PM

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ANIMATION/FLICKER problem

http://macaboo.com.au/help/tifftry.mov if u look at the pillars they are flickering like crazy ok so this is how im going about it. and im kinda...

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by publicFunction

20-10-2011|07:17 AM

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Another Newbie Rendering Question

Hey Again Everyone, Ok, so I successfully rendered an ocean scene with words rising up from the sea with the help of some people on this board. ...

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by clebo99

17-09-2003|11:57 PM

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anti aliased edges

Hello, Maybe a very silly question but I am new to Maya. I have a simple nurb sphere with no texture but with a spot light at the top of it. I am...

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by alpie78

31-10-2008|05:28 PM

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Anti Aliasing in MR ?

Hi In this next image : http://orvatsel.com/gallery/bedcover.jpg You can clrealy see som aliasing - How can I add AntiAliasing to MR ? ...

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by iron_tick

13-11-2003|12:28 AM

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Any tips for rendering in passes in Maya 2009

Hi, Does anyone have any tips on rendering passes (ambient occlusion, beauty, shadow, etc...) passes in Maya 2009? A pointer to some tuts would...

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by ragecgi

28-10-2008|01:11 AM

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Anyone familar with Frame Booster by Lightstorm 3D

Hi Everyone, I am really interested in figuring out this Frame Booster script that allows you to render from multiple machines at once but I am...

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by Roman

14-12-2002|05:08 PM

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Anyone using 3Delight renderer?

I was at their websitehttp://www.3delight.com/en/index.php?page=3delight_faq#100 but there isn't any image gallery so I was wondering if there are...

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by honestdom

01-02-2012|12:13 AM

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Apples 'Gel' Style

Hi I'm really struggling to mimic the 'gel style' apple use on there website. (see attached) I've modelled the objects but I am having real...

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by MattTheMan

09-04-2006|01:15 PM

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applying textures in large surfaces

Hi there I have a model of a builind, with large surfaces of wall and roof. I want to apply a brick texture to the wals and a tile texture to the...

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by danrocha

20-05-2003|07:54 PM

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Approximation ...

When applying Approximation to a NURBS object for Mental Ray rendering can I assign both types of Approximation (Surface and Trim Curve) to the...

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by mtcgs

20-12-2008|11:28 PM

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are there any noob tutorials for mental ray?

found a few links, but anyone know of more? thanks,

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by sjurick

27-07-2004|03:59 PM

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Area Lights, GIJoe and GI

Me again, Got a Q for you all! :) I posted a Q thru the Maya mailing list and either they're all asleep or no one wants to answer my post...

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by Nem

05-03-2003|08:04 PM

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areaLightFog

hi guys how to use area light to create light fog? i am maya 2011 user, so far i know light fog only can be create in spot light. i was think what...

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by omegaend

14-07-2012|09:46 AM

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Arnold aiAtmoshphereVolume creating random scattered light noise

I created one candle in my "table for two" scene and enabled aiAtmoshphereVolume, and it glows just fine now. For my other existing lights I turned...

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by bagg68

01-09-2021|08:18 PM

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Arnold and nested dielectric transmittance scale / transmission attenuation

Hi, Im rendering a glass with fluid, ice, carbonation and solid garnish using Arnold as a render engine. Im having trouble with and nested...

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by OlaAtKongotec

30-09-2015|03:40 PM

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Arnold rendering 1st frame over and over

In Maya 2022, trying to render a simple test animation using Arnold. render > render sequence. I get the same frame rendered over and over. In the...

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by Intersteller

28-07-2022|12:38 AM

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Arnold Toon Shader and transparency? 2023! is that a joke

its a shame that a powerful render engine such as arnold doesn't even have transparency in both toon shader and flat shader, we work with textures...

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by ridsa

20-07-2023|12:48 PM

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Arnold wont render diffuse on objects

Okay, im out of ideas. So I applied my diffuse to this object, render it and it worked fine, i added the specular map and bump to it and after that...

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