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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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prob making daylight effect....help me

someone help me to creat day light effect in maya.i am trying to do it but result is not satisfactory..:banghead:

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by BlueBird

21-10-2002|06:13 PM

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Rendering in Maya | Page: 1 2

I am just starting out with the Maya PLE. I really like Maya so far. I am getting ready to buy Maya complete in the next week or 2. I was just...

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by Nem

28-09-2002|01:15 AM

Replies: 18

fakin GI....some questions

Hi there all mayans, LIghtwave and Max have a function that lets you imitate the dust and grime buildup often associated with real objects. This...

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by ragecgi

10-09-2002|06:24 AM

Replies: 4

Help With Paint Effects Needed

I'm having a problem with Paint Effects. When I use the Auto Paint > Paint Grid function on my 20x20 unit nubs plane, I get a grid that stretches...

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by Darkon

08-10-2002|11:41 PM

Replies: 4

Lights have a mind of their own?

I've been working on an animation, for anyone who has the Maya fundamentals book, i'm rendering my completed spooky house scene. Anyhow, i'm...

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by mrmacca

16-10-2002|04:02 AM

Replies: 12

Hide reflections from specific objects?!

Hello, I have a bottle standing on a reflective plane. I have several objects only visible in reflections that I want to be visible in the bottles...

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by Darkon

10-09-2002|09:11 PM

Replies: 13

Lampshade light

I've created a Nurbs lamp with a shade and want to light it. If i use a point light for the bulb, how can i get the light to emit through the...

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by mrmacca

15-10-2002|02:35 AM

Replies: 3

background color

I'm trying a test render of a small animation and under my camera attributes/environment i've set background to black. When i render a tiff sequence...

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by mrmacca

14-10-2002|09:38 PM

Replies: 3

Alpha channel question

Hi, This is my last semester's final project. Just needed an answer before I start rendering something else again. I rendered this file in...

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by kbrown

14-10-2002|12:27 PM

Replies: 1

Illumination problem

OK folks here is my problem: Let’s suppose that we have a simple scene: a plane, a cube and a sphere. Now if I put a directional light in scene I...

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by ragecgi

19-10-2002|08:54 AM

Replies: 10

2D render Images with "red-green"-3d-information???

Hi! Is there any way to produce with Maya or Photoshop 2D-Images with red-green depth information to view these pictures in 3D with these...

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by adldesigner

17-10-2002|03:31 AM

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Rendering Camera Problems

Having some troubles rendering a little animation. I've selected the camera i wish to render from in Render Globals but when i do a batch render,...

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by schmick

08-09-2002|01:45 AM

Replies: 4

mental ray shaders

with the new mental ray for maya 1.5 you can use mental ray shaders so does anybody know how to compile the public shaders in the src folder of...

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by adldesigner

15-10-2002|03:19 PM

Replies: 4

help my kevin

I have downloaded maya4.5 on shockunion.com, but can someone translate this for me in english ( or french), because i don't understand everything. ...

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by Kevin

01-11-2002|05:06 PM

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Why is my file so wide?

Hi, This too is my last semester's work. I was rendering out the project in mini-dv size and in the end couldn't render out such huge size in...

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by mtmckinley

14-10-2002|03:41 PM

Replies: 1

Our Friend, Global Illumination

Okay... I'm racking my brains here and I wanna know if I'm on the right track. What does everyone on the list use or what technique(s) do you all...

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by ragecgi

10-09-2002|05:58 AM

Replies: 5

MentalRay1.5 for Maya4.5!!!!!

What do you think about this new mayarender ????

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by undseth

04-10-2002|04:48 AM

Replies: 3

HDRI lighting & Rendering

Hi Guys .. Just thought I drop by and leave this link on your desks. http://www.debevec.org/FiatLux/movie/ If you´ve seen it already,...

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by ragecgi

19-09-2002|12:16 AM

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Global Illumination and lightning

I want to make some realistic renderings with GI but now i wonder how to set up for proper lightning. (yes i have tried) I want to use the...

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by undseth

30-09-2002|04:56 PM

Replies: 14

Particle Shading Render

When ever I attempt to render particles which have had textures applied to them, they never appear. Only blobbysurface s/w works for the render. If...

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by kbrown

02-10-2002|10:12 PM

Replies: 4

specularity pass through problem

i cant seem to stop the specularity of my light from passing through objects at certain angles. my floor and wall intersect perfectly (still seperate...

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by mtmckinley

05-10-2002|03:37 PM

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Mental ray _GI and final gathering settings????/

Hi all, Just curious to find out what types of settings people are using for 'Production' Quality (in Mental ray for Maya settings) to achieve...

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by undseth

07-10-2002|04:55 PM

Replies: 2

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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bake lights?

Hi everyone! Does anyone know how to bake lights. We've heard that it's possible. Thanks

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by kbrown

31-10-2002|03:21 PM

Replies: 1

rendering multi layers to a single EXR file?

Has something changed? I group different objects into different collections and render out as an exr. Maya renders out each collection as a separate...

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by Error9001

13-03-2024|10:47 AM

Replies: 1