ah that fixes it, thanks very much. :)

how can I change it to use mental ray? The 3 options I see are:

maya software
maya hardware
maya vector

maya hardware seems to render it smoothly but my shadows end up pixelated and boxy.

Hello, I'm relatively new to maya and still learning. I'm having a problem rendering.

My cameraview looks like this:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a367/grapler/camera.jpg

and my render...