MentalRay blows image out

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# 1 01-06-2006 , 12:15 PM

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I have tried rendering a few things mith MentalRay and the light areas of the image always get blown out.

I have even opened a tutorial file from a book with disc I bought, but my image blows out completley when keeping the settings all the same as the writer set them.

I haven't had Maya for long so I haven't messed with the settings as far as I know - does anyone know what could be wrong?

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# 2 01-06-2006 , 12:39 PM

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blows out?

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# 3 01-06-2006 , 07:17 PM

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The slightly bright parts look like a really overexposed photo.

So a slightly bright part of the image will just be a big bright glare with no details

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# 4 01-06-2006 , 07:24 PM

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then just turn the light intensity down user added image

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# 5 01-06-2006 , 08:12 PM

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I think it would be best if I restored the mentalray defaults. Is there a way of doing that?

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# 6 01-06-2006 , 08:40 PM

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you probably didn't change anything from mental ray default. odds are the tut writer has a different version of maya/mental ray then you do.

Just use a lower intensity light! :angery:

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