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# 2 22-10-2004 , 11:19 AM
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I would say yes, Mental Ray is very much up to it. It's implementation to Maya is relatively young and thus its full potential might be tricky to use at times but it's getting better and easier to use from version to version. Of course it has its own learning curve so don't expect to magically get impressive images with a click of a button...

MR has been around quite some time now so it's not a new thing. It's just new to Maya. It's been for example the renderer of XSI for years and now it's part of 3DSMax too...

More info here: https://www.mentalimages.com/2_1_0_mentalray/index.html

P.S. The Maya Software renderer isn't imho as bad as some people say. In some cases it's even faster. Of course you need to know it thoroughly too to make use of it. I tend to use it almost always if I don't need the fancy features of MR...

P.P.S. There's a lot more to getting nice and good quality CG images than the renderer. Everything begins with a good model, good textures and good lighting. It's like they say: "Crap in = crap out".


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