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suffix
11-30-2002, 09:47 AM
hey all! i just started messing around with GI in maya... and i followed this tutorial about it and i was happy with the results.. but it took forever to render, i understand how long GI can take.. but i have been messing around with light tracer in 3DS 5 also and it seems that in 3DS light tracer is faster.. but not by much... and is there anyway to set up maya to look like light tracer? with the whole looking like clay thing?
stunndman
11-30-2002, 09:54 AM
how does a light tracer result look like ? maybe you should take a look at FG - but i'm not sure what kind of look you are trying to achieve
suffix
11-30-2002, 10:11 AM
FG? what's that? well anyways... i hope this is enough, but my avatar was rendered with light tracer... also there are examples on http://www.discreet.com
stunndman
11-30-2002, 10:13 AM
FG = final gathering - i think you are looking for the typical FG look
stunndman
11-30-2002, 10:15 AM
just in case - in the mental ray section on AW's site there is a video tutorial for setting up FG
suffix
11-30-2002, 10:20 AM
here is a large pic of my avatar without the photoshop stuff..
suffix
11-30-2002, 10:24 AM
yeah i saw the global illumination and FG (i know what final gathering is but jsut didn't put 2 and 2 together) tutorials on alias's site... but the problem is that first off the FG video would never download past 1/4 of the way though.. but that's not the biggest problem (i just need to try again when i get a chance) but that i'm rendering this animation that i'm working on on my G4 with maya 4.5 but the mental ray renderer is only for the PC 4.5 so i'm kinda outta luck there.. but i'm going to look into FG again... thanks... :applause: anymore solutions at all people?
beaker
11-30-2002, 05:40 PM
MR is comming out for osx, it's just not released yet.
suffix
11-30-2002, 08:14 PM
AH!!! good to hear!!! :applause: :bounce: thanks beaker... yeah i figured that it would be comming out.. but the mac always gets shafted... so i was hoping but didn't have my hope up... well i'm glad.. cause i want to used mental ray... and not some boot leg way.... YAY!!!
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