Yeah, that would help, but wasn't the object already subdivided? In the first picture the wireframse clearly show it. Maybe I've found why the shadows were that grainy, I had to enable the Area light to be a mental ray light, and change the subdivisions from there. mental ray is a quite complicated software, not only it…
Hi guys I am currently trying to improve my rendering and lighting abilities and want to use this photo as a starting point I have created an object and some lights already using Maya Mental Ray and wanted to ask what I need to consider next in replicating this image. Do I need to add an ambient occlusion pass or should…