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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 02-02-2006 , 08:47 AM

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hi how do i make grass using mental ray as the renderer cause it renders white.
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# 2 02-02-2006 , 12:24 PM

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# 3 02-02-2006 , 12:43 PM

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hahahaha lmao!!
Sorry yeah i have a plane (poly) now i go to fur and asign the grass in the fur icons to the plane now if i render in maya software it renders the colours of the grass but using MR it only renders very sparce and there is no colour.

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# 4 02-02-2006 , 01:18 PM

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I think you might have to convert the grass to polys then render it for it to work

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# 5 02-02-2006 , 03:10 PM

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no i dont think so (do check the manual though to see if there is anything in there about it). I think it's because it's fur you wil need to play with the fur shader settings (I've never used fur so I'm not sure how to do it) but what's probably happening is that MR is bleaching out the colour of the fur. I'm assuming you have final gather etc. turned on? If so try turning that off and just having one point light or spotlight illuminating the scene and see if it renders properly then.

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# 6 02-02-2006 , 04:51 PM

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thanks it was final gather usually i turn the irradiance down when the objests are to white (light) but there aint an option with the grass so turning FG off works thanks pal. user added image

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# 7 03-02-2006 , 09:14 AM

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Fur!! I see, i didnt read the post properly, I assumed it was Paint FX

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# 8 03-02-2006 , 12:12 PM

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fur is a pain, but i dont think you can render it in mental ray u have to use maya software or thats the only way i can get it to work, wheever i try make fur it disappears when i smooth anything, its usless and really disappionting cos it looks so cool but causes so much hassel.

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# 9 04-02-2006 , 12:29 PM

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majic how did u get fur to render with mental ray, whenever i try nothing shows.
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# 10 04-02-2006 , 12:55 PM

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i took off final gather.

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# 11 04-02-2006 , 01:20 PM

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i hav no idea whats up with my pc but i cant get any fur to render, on mental ray at all, and i only get fur rendered on maya software if i keep very low poly, is it cos my g-card aint open gl? or are there some other settings im missing?

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# 12 04-02-2006 , 01:56 PM

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hmmm im not sure mate. sorry could be a card issue.

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# 13 04-02-2006 , 04:07 PM

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im pretty sure fur works with MR...is fur really the best for ur grass?...i mean there might be short grass for paint effects which definately works with finalgather and all that jazz

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