MyMentalray Forum http://www.mymentalray.com/forum en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:25:55 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/images/vRocking/misc/rss.jpg MyMentalray Forum http://www.mymentalray.com/forum Pounchi Character http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4380&goto=newpost Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:15 GMT Computer Graphic Disign : S.Mahmoud Khademiyan, khademiyan.gigfa.com (http://khademiyan.gigfa.com/) Character : Abbas Riazi,... Computer Graphic Disign : S.Mahmoud Khademiyan, khademiyan.gigfa.com

Character : Abbas Riazi, tasvirgari.blogfa.com

Software : Maya (mental ray render), Photoshop

Date : 2009
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]]> Rendering mhmsn2002 http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4380 commandline rendering http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4358&goto=newpost Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:43:59 GMT Hi, if anyone is interested, I modified the mrRenderer.xml so that you can now set AA samples, renderer and color depth in command line rendering.... Hi,

if anyone is interested, I modified the mrRenderer.xml so that you can now set AA samples, renderer and color depth in command line rendering. If you want to use it, please look here:

http://joomla.renderwiki.com/joomla/...article&id=320 ]]> Rendering haggi http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4358 Interior office http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4331&goto=newpost Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:19:15 GMT My latest interior of an office. Done with Maya. Used GI + FG My latest interior of an office.
Done with Maya.

Used GI + FG
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]]> Artist Showcase Chucky http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4331 Spottyness with Importons http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4302&goto=newpost Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:53:05 GMT Hello, I basically COPIED the Gnomon Tutorial "Advanced Rendering: Archviz Rendering in Mental Ray"

And im getting some spottyness.. how do i fix this?

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...ing/spotty.jpg
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]]> Rendering sonnyangell http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4302 Max / Mental ray / Renderfarm http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4264&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:36:52 GMT Hello everyone, I knew that the rendering(renderfarm) of an animation with Backburner did not limit number of CPU… Rendering satellite (distributed... Hello everyone,

I knew that the rendering(renderfarm) of an animation with Backburner did not limit number of CPU…
Rendering satellite (distributed rendering with renderfarm) of the image by the cons seem to be limited by 16CPU (I think ...).
Do you know if it is possible to graft an extension of Mentalray in Max to use more CPU (it’s possible with Maya!)?
If that's possible, how many Mental ray standalone for my configuration:
5 bi-xeon Quad with HT, then 40 physical cores HT or 80...)

Attachments: A picture of my screen enclosure
PS1: the error come from this connection limit CPU because if I run the backburner manager, everything is connected! If I use the Backburner rendering for animation, everything works 100%, which confirms that the connection is good!

Thanks!
Philippe.
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]]> Rendering BAT PROJ http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4264 challange: hot chip vs autodesk! http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4246&goto=newpost Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:07:43 GMT Hi Guys, i had create a new Heuristic-Method (Sample Curve Technogoly) to optimize a hole 3D-Scene, because i think the 3dsmax Global Tunig Options... Hi Guys,

i had create a new Heuristic-Method (Sample Curve Technogoly) to optimize a hole 3D-Scene, because i think the 3dsmax Global Tunig Options are not good. Screen Shot´s of Parameter all in english. At the Renderstudy, you see as example the result of optimizing Reflection Sample with Shader Utilities Pro. Look at the links for Renderstudy and Tutorial:"the mental ray Workflow".



Renderstudy "SU-Pro vs 3dsmax Global Tuning": http://www.infinity-vision.de/Shader...htm#rendertime

Tutorial (de) "mental ray Workflow": http://www.infinity-vision.de/Shader...su_tut_eng.htm

Tutorial in english comming soon on my www.mrmaterials.com.


mfg
hot chip ]]> Rendering hot chip http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4246 sss fast skin shader and normal maps help http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4205&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:46:02 GMT Hi im trying to use an auv map exported from z-brush for a mesh exported from there too on a sss skin material, but no matter what i try the material... Hi im trying to use an auv map exported from z-brush for a mesh exported from there too on a sss skin material, but no matter what i try the material ignores the map and shades without it, no extra detail.

what im doing is on the bump bit ive then choosen normal bump to which i add the normal map with tangent setting.

could anyone please explain to me how u use normal maps in sss skin shader.

any help will be appriciated.

thanks in advance :)


(ps: ive bought a mental ray rendering book for max, it talks about the shader but it gives any indepth detail on use of normal maps. ]]> Open Discussion zhar2222 http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4205 mental mill and maya? http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4188&goto=newpost Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:50:52 GMT i hear everywhere every single 3d app claiming to have the new "in hype" feature: "interactive fotorreal rendering" even houdini and lightwave... but mainly 3d max with mental mill...

i dont know if i am missing something, but i wonder... what about maya?? (ipr is a jocke at this stage)

3d max has the best implementation with this new tecnology of mental mill and this hype stuff called meta sl... but... maya has been forgoten or what???

what i am missing from sigraph 2010? why i dont see this in stuff about interactive rendering and mental mill pipeline for maya??

i am starting to think that autodesk is favouring 3d max... ]]> Open Discussion dyei nightmare http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4188 rendering on different CPU problem http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4178&goto=newpost Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:06:54 GMT I am totally new to MR but have run into a strange problem that I cannot resolve. I set up an interior render on my desktop, setting up MR sky,... I am totally new to MR but have run into a strange problem that I cannot resolve.

I set up an interior render on my desktop, setting up MR sky, light portals, and exposure controls, as well as assigning a material override. It rendered at draft settings fine on the desktop so I saved and opened it on the laptop to do test renders while I continued to work on the scene on the desktop.

The issue is that the laptop is rendering it completely differently. It is almost totally white, burned out completely. I first thought it must not have updated the exposure settings on the laptop when I opened the file, but checking those, they are the same as the desktop.


I know it must be something obvious that I am overlooking, but I just simply don't know what else, besides the exposure settings might be causing such an issue.

The laptop and desktop are using the same version of 3dsmax (2010 from the same install disk) The only difference is the laptop is 64bit and desktop is 32. I have tried other scenes on both machines and they behave as expected.

I have also rebooted the cpus, and reset max. If anyone could tell me what obvious thing I am missing I would appreciate it.


EDIT:
Well no sooner had I made this post then I solved my own problem. There was garbage data in the final gather map file, deleting it and re-rendering solved the problem. I will have to remember to reset those files from now on when I run into trouble!
 ]]> Rendering kenlyl74 http://www.mymentalray.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4178