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akewt
07-31-2002, 02:34 PM
hi,
i'm thinking of learning maya and wondered if it has GI and area lights in its own renderer.
ta
Razvan
07-31-2002, 02:47 PM
GI: not natively, but you can fake it, go to www.highend3d.com (http://www.highend3d.com) and search for GI scripts.

area lights: yes.
akewt
07-31-2002, 02:49 PM
bummer.

what standalone renderers are there. MR? Renderman? any others?
iC4
07-31-2002, 03:01 PM
MR, renderman, entropy, BMRT

maybe more?
Razvan
07-31-2002, 03:06 PM
Yes, but take a look at those threads ...

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[URL=http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15713] (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15145)

... me not so big in rendering, so you'd better do a search on the net ... :)
Farhez
07-31-2002, 03:10 PM
This might be of interest to you ...

We've announced a free public beta of mental
ray for Maya 1.5 for Maya 4.5 users.

You can see the press release at:

http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/press/maya/releases.shtml
akewt
07-31-2002, 03:11 PM
thanx guys.

might stick with max and wait for v5 to come out.

i just want maya's modelling power!
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