MR - RenderElements - Level/Output/Raw?

Playdo

In Mental Ray - Render Elements, what's the difference between mr A&D Level, mr A&D Output and mr A&D Raw? In what cases should they be used?

r_fletch_r

Output is the final composited specular pass. just like what you usually get from a vanilla max specular element

Raw and Level: using Specular as an example

Raw Specular. the un modulated/masked specular data. if you have spec maps they are ignored in this pass. you simple get the unmasked full level specular for the whole render

Level Specular: this pass contains the levels of specularity and is multiplied over the Raw pass.

so basically Raw*Levels = Output

the second 2 are there to give more control.

Autodesk 3ds Max Help > Rendering > Rendering Elements Separately > Individual Render Elements > mr A&D Elements

The max Docs are excellent. Id get used to searching through them 90% of questions can be answered in seconds rather than relying on others to tell you

Playdo

Thanks for that Fletch