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access camera

Okay,I have a workflow issue. I want to be able to access my camera's attributes just by clicking something in the frame, instead of going through...

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by Alan

25-03-2007|03:27 PM

Replies: 1

ACCESSING MENTAL RAY

Hi guys, I've just rendered a character I've modeled in maya 4.5 unlimited using the maya software.I want to render it in mental ray but am having...

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by munny

01-09-2005|11:01 AM

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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

Replies: 0

Adding A Backlight Glow?

hi, I'm trying to add a backlight glow behind a sign in a scene...so that it illuminates the wall its hanging on...whats the best way to do this?

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by Alan

19-02-2007|06:31 PM

Replies: 3

Adding displacement map breaks render

Hi All. So basically I plug in a displacement map into a shader, assign to object and when I go to render in mental ray production quality preset...

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by NextDesign

19-04-2012|11:03 PM

Replies: 7

Adding motion blur in post

Hello, I am rendering some paint FX vegetation and its corresponding shadows in a separate pass which I will later composite onto a background...

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by Alan

08-07-2005|08:48 AM

Replies: 1

After The Render: Shrinking Down Movie File Sizes...

Okay, here's a simple one. I just finished a tutorial in the Maya 4.5 Savvy Book and I am very impressed with the final results I ended up with. My...

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by schmick

15-07-2003|03:51 AM

Replies: 11

AI lighting options not working

Hi! When trying to use AiAreaLight (or any of the AI light options), I keep getting this error: // Error: file: C:/Program...

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by scarrlet

17-07-2023|08:00 PM

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Aim function/constraints going haywire

For some reason when I select my rocket ship (following Mastering Maya Complete 2) and then shift+select my spot light and then choose...

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by mtmckinley

13-02-2003|10:21 PM

Replies: 1

Alex Roman

I just caught this on a great archviz site, some of you have most definitely seen it because it was posted up on vimeo two months ago, but I missed...

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by BabyDuck

23-03-2011|10:10 PM

Replies: 10

all black/transparent alpha

Hello, As I am new to Maya I hope the following description of a problem I am having is coherent. I have a scene (Maya 2012) which contains an...

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by azetidine

26-05-2011|03:21 AM

Replies: 2

All Maya renderfarms list. Do you know any more?

Hi! We have collected all existing Maya renderfarms here: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms If you know any more, please, write it here....

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by JinaLu

23-10-2017|04:17 PM

Replies: 1

Alpha channel

How can one turn the alpha channel on when rendering with mental ray, is it even possible?

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by vladimirjp

15-01-2006|06:52 PM

Replies: 7

ALpha CHannel help..

Is there a way to make maya render the image with no background? ive rendered fire for a picture but the glow is giving me a problem getting rif of...

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by iron_tick

14-04-2003|06:16 AM

Replies: 3

Alpha channel of SSS shader

The alpha channel of the SSS shader is black, so I need to make that color white in order to use alpha on my character and make a composition....

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by kazama

21-04-2008|10:12 PM

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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

Alpha Channel visible using Ray Tracing.

Hey, I'm new. I have a polygon plane with a image map shader on it. I saved the image uncompressed .tga with an alpha channel. I'm rendering...

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by ArtieLange

24-07-2007|05:24 PM

Replies: 5

Alpha Channels in Mental Ray

Hi, I just started playing around with Mental Ray Shaders, so this may be a basic question, but I can't seem to figure it out. I applied one of the...

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