rendering using mental ray..

[Prashanth wl]

Hi frnds,

I hav created a interior scene using maya, havent completed fully yet! I use mental ray for rendering. Can anyone help me in setting up lights and rendering using mental ray??

There are lots of 'light leaks'..hw do i correct them

Thnks

Prashanth

[Brian Bradley]

Hi,

Would be good to give us a quick overview
of how you are lighting the scene so we
don't waste time talking about none relevant
stuff. GI and FG, FG on its own, amount of lights
and stuff.

Cheers
Bri

[William Alexander]

prashanth,

More FG samples or sample a larger area to start with. The grainy FG shadows of the cabinet doors tell that story.


Mr Bradley...I presume...

Is that you 'Bri', LOL, you're older than you look

WDA

[Prashanth wl]

hi guys,

Thnks for replying. Am very new to maya and mental ray, I actually dont know many things. Every thing is 'trial and error'... the settings i used for this scene are,

Light - 1 Directional light outside the window

color-white, Intensity-1, decay rate- linear, raytraced shadows-on

photon color-white, photon intensity-30, exponent-2, GI photons-10000

In render globals:

Min samples=2, max samples=5, filter=mitchell

GI:

Accuracy=1000, Radius=0, Photon Volume Accuracy=1000,
Photon vol radius=0

FG:

Rays=1000, MinRays=0; MaxRays=0

I also tried using point light, with the area light option enabled under the mental ray tab. But nothing worked out..

Can u please help me, i dont knw to use mental ray shaders and lights, i couldnt understand anyting from maya help files..

[Brian Bradley]

Prashanth,

To be honest I would look into buying in
some video training for MR. It is a seriously
deep renderer that can be stunning when
used right but can take a while to understand
all the settings and tweaks. I think Gnomons
Mental Ray DVD's are done using Maya.
Because we use Max there are gonna be
differences so our advice will be limited.

Wda,

Tis indeed me. These days the problem isn't
how I look it's how I feel .

Good to see you.

Bri