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# 1 11-04-2005 , 12:39 AM

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Hi guys,

I've been trying to learn Mental Ray.

Right now i'm using final gather. I am trying to create a light bulb lighting effect.

Heres what i'm doing, when I link and break lights in maya software rendering it works the way I want it to, which is no shadows from the light bulb itself. But when rendering in mental ray the links is not breaking! There is shadows from the light bulbs, this is driving me crazy!

Any one know whats going on?

Take a look, and if there is a better way to make a light bulb effect please share your knowledge!

Thanks for your time

Heres the Mental Ray render:

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# 2 11-04-2005 , 01:18 AM

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wow man that almost as real as it gets. super nice. looks JUST LIKE the quality in the incredibles

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# 3 11-04-2005 , 05:00 AM

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Wow, thanks man user added image

Well I don't know if its that good of a render, but I am trying to get a real life feel to the scene. Sounds like i'm on the right track!

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# 4 11-04-2005 , 05:48 AM

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the ceiling shader needs some work i think, it looks a bit too shiny or glossy to me. and what is that big black thing on the ceiling in the middle? a shadow?
if its a shadow you may want to tweak your lights so that doesn't show up, or shows differently

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# 5 11-04-2005 , 06:34 AM

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Have you considered renderin in passes then compositing? I think you should be able to do a lighting pass then a shadow pass.

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# 6 11-04-2005 , 08:59 AM

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Thanks guys for your help user added image

mhcannon,

What do you mean by passes and compositing?

Heres an update:

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# 7 11-04-2005 , 05:16 PM

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i think it looks really cool user added image

i have a question...im really new to maya and dont know much...how do you make scenes like that, a room for example?

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# 8 11-04-2005 , 06:16 PM

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Originally posted by vedic kings
Thanks guys for your help

mhcannon,

What do you mean by passes and compositing?

Heres an update:

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You can render different element separately, then combine then in another program such as photoshop for stills or after effects for video. Look up "Render Passes" in the help file, it explains it way better than I can.

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# 9 14-04-2005 , 06:44 AM

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Hey thanks guys user added image

mhcannon, thanks for the info, i'll read up on it.

I've been really busy at work, so not much time on my scene. But I did do some stuff tonight though user added image

Heres the update:

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