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contour shading

Hello people I just found the contour shading node , can u guys show me what it can do. thanks

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by herr_klaus

25-05-2005|04:49 PM

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rendering with depth of field

Ok I have found another problem... I have these two characters set up wit one spotlight illuminating from top. What I am trying to do is having...

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by farbtopf

18-10-2005|05:10 PM

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Need a simple utility to check aspect ratios

Hi there, Not really sure where to post this so sorry if it's the wrong place! I'm always having to open up maya to use the render globals section...

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by Alan

19-05-2007|12:20 AM

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i know renser batch speed up render but sant me message (rendering completed see maya render log ) and no image

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by bendingiscool

07-10-2007|08:10 AM

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Which Light?

What would be the best light to use for the light fixture I've made. I has openings at the top and bottom and I would like it to emit light from...

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by Joopson

28-05-2008|09:33 AM

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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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distributed rendering problem

I'm not much of a network guy so when I tried to set up maya 7 to network render with mental ray stand alone 3.4.5 I couldn't get it to work. I...

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by Velusion

17-11-2005|01:18 PM

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path to renderer

who can tell me, how can i set up path in win xp /in enviromental variables?/ to another renderer for renderman /pixie.../ i have all correct...

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by redcore

04-10-2004|07:59 AM

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Light Artist neeed in Tampa, FL

Maya freelance Lighter needed in house for feature film project. Start immediately! Term: 2 - 4 weeks Contact: employment@tridstudios.com for...

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by mhcannon

30-03-2005|11:11 PM

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embedded motionblur vectors

Hi, Can anyone tell me how I could use the embedded motion vectors in one sequence to blur a completely different sequence. Blur2d.exe...

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by Alan

20-02-2004|10:22 AM

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mental ray shaders

hey im currently doing this opening intro to a uni talk on 10 pin bowling its modellied pretty easy stuff but now i need a shader which will allow...

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by Ragalm

06-10-2007|07:48 PM

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Toons with textures

Does anyone know how I can render out a toon shaded object that still allows me to use a texture (example: A character rendered with a toon shader...

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by kablink

01-12-2005|02:42 PM

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Movie with noise on textures

Hi Everybody ! i've just finished a urban scene and was starting to batch render a camera move when i realized that the textures had noise. What...

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by the_renans

15-05-2008|06:39 PM

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Normal Map viewing...

Hi guys, Im having problems in that when applying my normal map it appears very poorly lit in my viewports which is making hard work checking out my...

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by j5ive

05-09-2006|01:59 PM

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surface not rendered

Why is it when I use the skinshader ( the one that comes with the Bonustools) the surface does not render when using MentalRay. Chris:headbang:

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by MattTheMan

13-04-2006|11:29 PM

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Glowing white patches??

Hi. I am trying to render an interior scene in mental ray, using GI & FG. I have a single directional light source coming from outside. The...

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by diamondMiner

22-10-2006|03:06 AM

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eMicroscope

http://smorigin.scm.cityu.edu.hk/intranet/easn/docs/HowTos/eMicroscope/index.html what would I have to do in order to use a file (displacement...

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by publicFunction

24-05-2006|11:54 PM

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Software rendering particles with ramp

Hi all I want to render out blobby surfaces particles with a ramp. My question is; the dynamic ramp thing which is one color in the beginning...

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by Uglynakedguy

17-02-2004|02:02 PM

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Vector Rendering

Just wondering, is it possible to use vector rendering in Maya PLE, because the option isn't showing up under my render using menu, although it is in...

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by Noradul

28-03-2005|04:37 AM

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blackening on some edges

hey, i'm having problems with some mesh where the edges are not shading properly. i've tried the following with no luck 1. exporting as obj and...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|05:06 PM

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round corners

Are there some hidden docs on how to use this? There's a lot of talk, but no real explanation on how to use it. It took me 3 days just to find...

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by luke119

26-03-2007|09:32 PM

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shadows

I can't insert a shadow in my project. Can you help me? P.S. I search a guide for maya 5 in italian in all the web, but I can't find it!

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by Pony

11-02-2004|02:07 AM

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Beveled polygon shows no bumb

Hi there. I created a cube. Shaded the cube with a blinn. Conected a fractal texture as a bumbmap for the blinn. I render the cube with maya...

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by Alan

27-03-2006|10:53 AM

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which camera to use?

short version of my question: Which camera(or perspective view panel) in Maya most accurately represents how a human eye would see a scene? Ok, so...

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by BigRed60083

29-06-2005|12:46 AM

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blocking light out and letting it in

I am doing a scene where I have a light fog going through a window and I want to define it to just the window part. Right now it is going through the...

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