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Mesh not catching SSS

Hello!, well.. i need Help!. I have made a polyMesh character, unfolded UVMaps and ereased history for keep it low... i applied and Blinn or...

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by daverave

13-03-2011|10:33 PM

Replies: 9

toon shader outline to look like crayon

Hey guys, it's been a while... does anyone have any ideas how to make a toon outline look like a kid drew it with crayon?

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by tweetytunes

24-01-2013|09:53 AM

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batch render duplicate object

Weird problem encountered during batch render. After i rendered them, there seem to have a duplicate object appearing in the images. In my scene, i...

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by johnnyboh

20-02-2013|10:51 AM

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camera weird problem

I have created a new camera but when i render it, the lightings in my scene changed(turned alot darker) but when i render it with my persp camera,...

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by Gen

19-04-2011|08:16 PM

Replies: 5

mentay ray render

Hi, i tried to render a object with texture applied to it using mental ray but the object came out looking darkish broken. I tried different image...

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by choo

14-01-2011|02:06 PM

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Rendering smoke mental ray

Hi, I am having problems rendering smoke in Maya using mental ray. I have a plane set up with a smoke explosion on it using fluids. The shadow...

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by Chris Miller

04-12-2012|04:26 PM

Replies: 2

Motion Vector Remder Pass

Hi, Thanks in advance for reading this. I am having great difficulty with rendering motion vector passes inside of Maya for use in NukeX. I...

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by Chris Miller

20-10-2014|09:54 AM

Replies: 2

Maya Dropping Render Settings on Mac

Hi, I have a very strange problem with Maya losing all of its render settings when I re-open a scene file. Whenever I save out a file from Maya...

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by Chris Miller

14-04-2015|08:54 AM

Replies: 0

Halo Light Passing Through all objects

Hi everyone, First time posting but have been a member for a couple of years now. I'm having trouble with a volume light. The problem is I have...

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by iron_tick

09-09-2006|03:44 PM

Replies: 3

mental-ray, expressions, animated render nodes

hello people I have this little scene, where a texture is animated by an expression. It renders ok with Maya Software render, but no animation...

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by chrisedu

19-09-2005|03:18 PM

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How to create a sky

I have always wanted to create a simply sky background when I render cities, beaches etc. Any idea of the simplest way to create a sky in Maya 6 or...

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by mattbarb

22-04-2008|02:48 PM

Replies: 4

Light Linking and referenced Objects issue

Hey all, Im coming across an odd issue and I am not sure what to do about it. So I have a file that was referenced in. It contains alot of lights...

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by chrystad72

09-02-2016|11:05 PM

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Toon Lines Issue

Hello all, I am having an odd issue with Maya toon lines. I have applied the toon lines and everything seems correct as you scrub thru the...

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by chrystad72

14-03-2016|03:51 PM

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Hard edges trouble with mental ray

Hi I´m almost new in maya, so it is likely that this problem is pretty simple to solve. I need to make some objects with low poly look, to do...

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by cjc

30-04-2014|04:57 AM

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Mental ray Batch Render problem

Hi, I,m doing a simple animation with mental ray sun and sky lighting. When i render with render preview the render is just like i want, but when I...

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by Gen

08-05-2014|08:37 PM

Replies: 1

Glass Refractions

This may be very basic as I don't know much about raytracing, its a fairly new topic for me. But I've started texturing/lighting a scene this evening...

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by ckyuk

02-12-2012|11:06 PM

Replies: 13

Unwanted light Flicker

Ello, I am experiencing a weird light flicker on a few frames of a shot rendered with Mental Ray. I'm using a simple point light to brighten up a...

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by Clacker

17-04-2012|12:49 PM

Replies: 2

Mentalray rendomize rendering!

Hello all, I have a new problem that I don't understand. I made an animation, I launch a batch render frome frame 1 to 150. All OK. I make the...

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by clardic

19-09-2015|03:28 PM

Replies: 7

Newbie Rendering Question

Hey Everyone, First off, I'm an admitted newbie with MAYA, but I'm learning. I'm think I'm trying something simple. I have imported one of...

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by clebo99

14-09-2003|01:10 PM

Replies: 2

Another Newbie Rendering Question

Hey Again Everyone, Ok, so I successfully rendered an ocean scene with words rising up from the sea with the help of some people on this board. ...

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by clebo99

17-09-2003|11:57 PM

Replies: 7

Softening ray traced shadows

Has anyone got any tips for softening the edges of ray traced shadows?

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by Soviut

26-02-2004|05:12 AM

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Mental ray not loading

Sometimes when I start up Maya. mental ray and maya vector aren't available in the render globals. It seemed to startd happening after I installed...

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by WideBoy

17-03-2004|10:10 AM

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jagged render

I have followed the car tut at digitaltutors and finished it, i rendered and it looks good ,but not at all professional as my chrome wheelsa are...

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by caligraphics

16-12-2005|11:53 AM

Replies: 2

redering with zbrush

I have recently acquired zbrush 2, and it is greatf for displacement maps etc, and adding even more details to the model. The only problem is...

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by Alan

10-07-2006|05:15 PM

Replies: 1

rendering with mr dont work for me

OK here is the file. It renderes for me fine in maya software, but not mental ray. Please see if you get the same and if not someone please shed some...

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by clopper

27-09-2006|04:11 PM

Replies: 0