Hi, I'm new to using Mental Ray inside 3DS Max, and I've created a specular map for my current character, I'm not sure what the equivalent of specular is though inside of Mental Rays Arc and Design material, is it Reflection? Any one out there able to tell me where I place the specular? Thanks
Hi! Yes its very possible, greater support for calibration is coming in future releases, but we´ve done a lot for renders with V-ray and that works great. you can find some more information about mental ray in this thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=151609&highlight=quixel+mental+ray
I'm in the process of texturing a creature in Maya 2011 and I'm encountering an issue with alpha mapping that has me stumped. I don't know the program very well to begin with, and I've done a fair amount of research on this particular problem, but it has yet to be resolved and has become a frustrating roadblock for me.…
Hey Guys, The other night I was trying to render out some Ambient Occlusion maps in Max using mental ray. Usually when I do render to texture AO maps, I just throw a skylight into the scene and use lighttracer to get my map. But I would like to experiment with mental ray maps. Problem is, is that when I do the RTT, it…
heya im trying to render something really high poly using mental ray and i get this error "The render was canceled due to insufficient memory, Adjust the scene or render settings to reduce memory usage and try again" i have 12GB DDR3, and i was wondering if its something i can fix if i can increase virtual memory in mental…
Hi guys, I am trying to get a fast and easy SSS for a white flower. I am using the Misss Fast Skin shader. However I am finding light issues when rendering the scene. I am using the Gnomon Workshop's Day Light Rig with no configuration. The problem is that it seems that it is just happening with the light rig because when…
Hello! I was working on a model and the I wanted to test some fur on mental ray, when I try to do a preview render with mental ray, the cd unit (I don't know if it is called like that) launches and then maya crashes. I am using a macbook pro with maya 2012. My file is a low poly character with normals, and color (nothing…
So, i did an animation, trying to render it out in mental ray, but one of the models isnt showing up. It will render with maya software, but not mental ray. the model beside it shows up, and casts shadows. but not the other one. anyone have any clue why?
Hi guys, I'm new here, would like to make some artist friends here hopefully by being more active in this forum. I've nothing much to show at this moment so would just like to start by asking some technical questions about mental ray. I would like to ask what are the materials in mental ray that are the most commonly used.…
I figure this should be relatively simply but it's been giving me a hard time. Can you use a texture map for glow and still render in mental ray? From what I've seen it doesn't seem to work. Would it better to just render the glow in software and comp it in after the fact? If so how can you just render glow with an alpha…