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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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Skin of Morpheus turning black after successfully rendering a frame

Hello everyone, I am running into a problem rendering a scene in Maya 2015 on Mac OS X 10.10. I have 2 characters with 4 lights, (3 directional...

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by dbdemille2

05-03-2018|04:52 PM

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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

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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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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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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

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A list of Maya Renderfarms

Here is the list of all Maya renderfarms: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms/ Now there are 79 of them. Do you know any more?

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by JinaLu

03-11-2017|10:27 PM

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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

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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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Help! Vray Subsurface

Hi guys, I am facing a issue with Vray subsurface (VrayFastSSS2). I am not able to get the SSS pass or Aov when I am rendering in the farm. But it is...

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by martinartz

10-09-2017|02:19 AM

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Matching a scene

Hi guys, been away a while. Was wondering if anyone has experience matching a scene lighting to a plate - footage shot. I would like to recreate...

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by Sircharles

04-09-2017|08:58 PM

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Render is wrong in Orthographic cam

Hi, I have an issue when rendering xgen hair in Arnold. I'm using the same AlHair shader on all strands. In perspective view, all strands...

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by David

30-05-2017|08:19 PM

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Maya renderfarms list

Hi! We have collected all existing Maya renderfarms here - there are 78 of them now: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms/

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by Andrew Goldman

25-04-2017|09:04 AM

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Need opinions

On my interior architecture rendering ...

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by nvnoor

19-04-2017|06:58 AM

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Displacement_Map_Render

Hello, I am getting a strange result when plugging*in a Displacement Map(from Mudbox) into a Mental Ray Mia material.*The render show the geometry...

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by Bcurless

11-03-2017|07:10 PM

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Can't change render frame rate

Hello guys I have a quite simple problem, but couldn't fix it yet: Maya renders my avi-video always in 29 frames per seconds, even if I change the...

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by mxffiles

06-03-2017|04:54 AM

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Maya, Shave and a Haircut lighting problem

I have tried reinstalling Maya and Shave, but nothing changed. Take a look on this picture with hair on a cube. Here it is clear that something is...

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by kbprivatno

01-03-2017|01:41 PM

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// Error: Socket error creating command port

:help: Evereytime i try to Bach Render, this appears. its only recently started doing his :/ Anyone know how i can fix it? :banghead::banghead:...

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by mofoo

28-02-2017|11:50 PM

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Issue: Arnold Batch Render with Alpha Channel

When batch rendering with Arnold Render(1.1.0.3) in Maya 2015 (Windows 7), I get an alpha channel rendering a single frame. When batch rendering an...

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by luka3rd

16-02-2017|12:52 PM

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How to stop an object receiving shadows

Hi everyone, How do I stop an object from receiving shadows? I know how to stop a light from causing shadows but not how to stop just one object...

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by Jay

09-02-2017|01:00 PM

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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

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Rendering Smooth Mesh Preview Wireframes

So I have a problem that has been bugging me for ages and after searching for ages on the web I'm starting to feel like there's no simple solution....

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by MrYeti

26-01-2017|10:55 PM

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Maya to Nuke: A Render Problem

Hey Everyone, I'm going through a tutorial right now that involves some things from Maya to be used in Nuke. The main thing is an animated car....

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by Cybrex

26-01-2017|05:26 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

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Mental Ray pixel scattered renderer

Hello, something is up with my 2015 Maya MentalRay renderer. Rendered character will be scattered to pixels. I tried setting Mental Ray options to...

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by lauris47

03-01-2017|04:34 PM

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No shadows

I just finished working on my model and now shadows or related to ray trace are not working, they are enabled but I think maybe some kind file issue,...

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by karanjivnani

27-12-2016|05:25 AM

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