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Hello to all. I am sorry that my first post for this great communitiy is a cry for help... but I desperately need some help. And sorry for my...

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by onemillionthanks

27-07-2018|07:31 AM

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MayaBatch/MentalRay

mental ray..hum Mayabatch....hummm The difference do not only lie in GI and FG. :D Mayabatch can't render the bump.. (maybe because this is...

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by keops

30-10-2002|08:17 PM

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Orthographic camera

Hi, I need to make an animation with orthographic camera in of a perspective camera and need to zoom in/out. I tried to use the orthographic width...

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by theliviu

04-11-2002|11:51 AM

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Render Global Favorites

What is everyone's favorite custom render globals section to get the most realistic image?

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by MKess007

12-11-2002|12:35 PM

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Lighting, shadows& some other stuff

First, hello all ;) New here... I'm having a hard time understanding some weird things that happen around maya 4 and mental ray 3.0 (i guess)....

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by brunner

16-12-2002|01:21 AM

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shader swatches

Hi all! i downloaded a few shaders from highend to my \AliasWavefront\ShaderLibrary\shaders\Glass directory it works fine but it is not perfect...

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by subnurbs

03-02-2003|06:25 PM

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rendering Z depth channels??????

Hi, I tried rendering out a Z depth channel while using MR the other day and for the life of me could not. I wish to use the Z depth channel...

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by Jim

12-02-2003|01:35 PM

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MR problem

The first time i rendered an outdoor scene using MR for Global Ilumination, de render came out very good, so i saved the file for posterior shots!...

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by englar

13-02-2003|12:30 AM

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My aim functions is not working as planned

When I choose my rocket ship (following Mastering Maya Complete 2) and then Shift+select a spot light, then add constrain--->aim, I am not getting...

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by jheaven

13-02-2003|05:10 PM

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projector maps

hey all How would you create projector maps thru spotlights in maya? if i used a spotlight projecting onto a brickwall to create the shadows...

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by astroboii

19-02-2003|03:28 AM

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temp

this is only temp (sorry) you can delete this now, sorry again Brian

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by brian_ellebracht

07-03-2003|09:33 PM

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Wireframe render

hey what's up peoples! (very frustrated) I've just recently downloaded the wireData plug in. I've unzipped it, and loaded it into maya. ...

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by strytus

11-03-2003|06:40 PM

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About auto size on min/max radius on FG

I found out today how to figure out what numbers mental ray set as auto, when you set min-/max-radius in FinalGathering. Apparently, if you set MR...

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by undseth

13-03-2003|03:26 PM

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90 mm Lens

Hi everybody I need to find out what are the following settings for Panoramic Camera Film Gate. Where can I get this info? It seems that all...

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by aderium

29-03-2003|10:07 PM

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Came across ...

This : http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/xsi_lighting/lighting.asp its MR for XSi, but I bet you can convert the info to Maya.. Looks like...

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by caligraphics

31-03-2003|08:33 AM

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Mental Ray Mac Os X - Final Gather Files

Mental Ray allowes you to create a file for Final gather so that it does not need to gather the info again. In the Mental Ray Globals under Final...

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by aderium

15-04-2003|08:45 PM

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GI_Joe ground lights

ello all, question about GI_Joe I have an object on top of a plane - when using gi_joe should you use light-linking to make the ground lights...

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by cb8rwh

28-04-2003|06:46 PM

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LightFog

I´m working on a scene where I have a light shining through an opening in a polygon surface (or actually many openings). But I have a problem......

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by DukerX

28-04-2003|06:50 PM

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problem with gi_joe

ello, don't know whether it's just my setup, but if I have shadow casting lights on the ground lights with gi_joe - they don't even cast any...

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by cb8rwh

11-05-2003|08:34 PM

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mental ray fog prob

hi I am using mental ray for maya 1.5.1...Its a normal scene which is being lit by an HDR image by mapping the image onto a sphere as described...

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by jooji

17-05-2003|05:51 PM

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samplerinfo usded in reflection prob?

hi, i am attaching image of prob.....could someone plz . tell what is error.............cause if i apply env. ball in directly reflection then...

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by lalamax3d

25-05-2003|01:20 PM

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Envir_Sphere Reflections

I have made a sphere with an environment texture on it that i want to use for reflections for my refelective objects, and it works how i want it to...

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by phalcon

29-05-2003|12:38 AM

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MR and animation

Hi everyone, Sorry I have not been around for a while but my Internet conn has been down. Ok.The issue now is how to use MR in a animation. ...

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by aderium

31-05-2003|03:01 PM