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bambam
11-07-2004, 08:43 AM
Hi all

Im trying to get soft (blured) reflections in maya 5 using the dgs shader in MR.
No matter what i do i get a hot spot where your spec highlight would be even if its a lambert shader

I conneting the dgs to the shader group node under ->mental ray ->material shader, and flag "suppress all maya shaders"

I tried lots of variations also like the dgs to a blinns ambient or incandescence; no flag "suppress all maya shaders"

still the hot spot in the spec.

Any ideas??
grafix
11-07-2004, 10:33 AM
The "hotspot" size and intensity is defined by the "shiny" and "glossy" parameters of the DGS shader. If you set shiny to a low value such as 1 or 2 it should be almost gone. (if you set it 0 you won't get any reflections) At the same time "shiny" also influences the blurriness of your glossy reflections. So, if you have such a low value for "shiny" you'll get very blurry reflections and a broad highlight.

Hope this helps. I'm under Maya 6 but it should be the same in Maya 5...
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