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Stuck maya texture ??!

Hello. I have model, And I want to make some of the texture elements appear on it. (transparency, alpha channel or how you call it..) In...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:29 AM

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Problems Rendering Volume Lights in Mental Ray

I created a small volume light shining inward to provide a low-visibility view on a character traveling through a cave, but whenever I try to render...

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by Connor Lee

16-04-2013|02:43 PM

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Error in render

Hi everyone, im trying to render a maya file but each time i hit render it renders a few frames and stops when i check on the renderlog i get this ...

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by Edmondtr

25-07-2014|11:01 AM

Replies: 13

IBL technical issue

Hello I'm working on my IBL techniques and I've run into a problem which I'm having some issues fixing so I hope somebody will be able to assist. ...

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by persius

21-10-2017|07:40 PM

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no Rigid Bodies with Mental Ray batch

Hello there, after searching for help for 3 days now i hope that somebody can help me here :( my Problem: set up a scene with shattering...

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by sreeharimailbox

23-03-2011|11:35 AM

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gamma correcting MR Car Paint Shader | Page: 1 2

Anyone know how to set up a gamma correction node for the mental ray car paint shader? Do all the contributing colors need correction? Can...

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by jimmydurant

05-08-2014|01:26 PM

Replies: 19

Maya hardware rendering black screen

Hello, I've ran into this quite big issue. I'm making a scene with a person in rain. I put the rain particles in a different layer, because...

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by domasikas

08-11-2017|12:31 PM

Replies: 0

XGen and Mental Ray

Hello, my name is Norbert and after a long break i have re-signed myself to this website! I have a problem with the Rendering of my fur test...

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by NorWi

28-01-2018|01:44 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

Mental Ray Render Passes

I'm trying to render out multiple lighting passes to composite my image, and I'm really struggling to figure out how to do it. Basically I want...

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by qsjcraig

07-05-2010|04:22 PM

Replies: 13

Maya 2017 Arnold Color Manager

Hi guys hope someone can help me out here. Been playing around with Arnold and loving it. But I have hit a wall here and can`t find anything...

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by Gen

03-02-2017|02:12 AM

Replies: 3

Rendering dirty metal in Mental Ray | Page: 1 2

anyone got some good tutorials for this? Or know of a shader? I'd love to do this procedurally too. I'm just finding it hard to find one place to...

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by Alan

24-08-2006|03:19 AM

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HDR Glass tut and 3 Point light tut | Page: 1 2

Well I think this was a very informative tut Nilla, I learned quite a bit on how to create a good glass render.....I also have done the lighting tut...

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by bullet1968

04-03-2011|03:20 AM

Replies: 16

Arnold?

Hi is this topic being covered on the Forum at all? just wondering. Im starting to get my teeth into it, so have couple of niggles.. Graham

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by Sircharles

27-11-2017|12:14 PM

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Image plane showing up in render...

Is there a way to turn the image plane off for when i'm rendering? I tried the 'Render Active' in render globals and selected my object, but it...

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by schmick

18-03-2003|06:01 AM

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Frame Rate Settings Impact

Hello, I was googeling around for that question but couldn't find a suitable answer for myself. Hopefully it's not too greenhornish :giggle: At...

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by Gen

07-02-2018|09:51 PM

Replies: 1

Need opinions

On my interior architecture rendering ...

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by nvnoor

19-04-2017|06:58 AM

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Creating an underwater blue "tint?"

Hello! I am working to create an ocean scene with Bifrost's BOSS technology, and I need the camera to move under the waves at one point in the video....

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by Ethan Dale

29-03-2018|12:03 AM

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Renderman Glow effects questions

Can anyone tell me explicitly how to create a mystical glow effect from an object inside Renderman for Maya? say a cool looking glowing mushroom or...

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by TheMuffinMan9

06-07-2019|11:16 AM

Replies: 1

Render in black and white

Hi there, Ok guys, here's my question : Is it possible to render directly in B &W ? Thx.

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by olivermagno

26-05-2003|01:16 AM

Replies: 1

Removing Lights from render layers

Hi, I've a few simple render layers set up to capture various shadows in a scene - I have an object lit from two lights in slightly different...

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by Gen

14-09-2012|12:49 PM

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Rendering sequences directy from render view?

Is there a way to render and preview frame sequences directly within render view? I need to see how an animation is playing out (i'm trying to tweak...

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by proxy003

19-01-2011|08:42 PM

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Turn off self-shadows but still receive shadows?

I just spend ages carefully modelling a plane to match actual real-world terrain, for the sole purpose of having a shadow look natural as it moves...

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by xgabrielx

12-10-2016|07:33 PM

Replies: 5

Batch Render Looks Different than single frame

Hi, I'm working on an animation right now and I'm having a real problem with the batch render. I'm in maya 2013, and using mental ray. When I render...

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by dgoff96

13-01-2013|12:26 PM

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render only visible part of an object Arnold Maya 2017

Hi, imagine a fountain, there is the fountain body, and water coming out and flowing down. I have water mesh in RealFlow, imported in Maya...

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by Gen

13-01-2017|07:35 PM