CGTalk - MR shader reference

silvia

06-11-2006, 04:09 AM

Hi all, I don't know if this is the right place to post this, if it is wrong, I apologize in advance.
I have put together a reference tutorial for some MR shaders, and techniques, and generally things I learned through trial and error while working on a personal project. I wonder if anybody would find it useful. I just haven't seen a thread specifically for resources, otherwise I would have posted it there. I am not trying to spam, or anything. Besides, I would like to know if there are mistakes in it and if people more experienced than me have anything to add to it.

http://silviapalara.com/mayatips/fireball/fireball_1.html

jipe

06-11-2006, 06:46 AM

just wanted to say thanks for sharing what you've discovered.. i really want to delve into MR this summer and this is the type of stuff that's helping me get started..

silvia

06-11-2006, 06:58 AM

jipe, thank you for what you said! It took me quite a while to get the hang of MR, and I still have a long way to go. I have learned so much from everybody in the forums, and if I can do the same for others, even something small, it is my pleasure. Good luck with learning MR this summer, you are going to have lots of fun, I guarantee it!

boomji

06-11-2006, 05:04 PM

thanks silvia

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Darkseal

06-14-2006, 10:01 PM

sorry, double post

Darkseal

06-14-2006, 10:02 PM

This looks like a wonderful tutorial for noobs like me. When I get home I plan to study this! looks great. Do you know of any books or dvds that are PUReLY for Mental ray. Any info like this would be a big help to me. Thanks for taking the time!!!

silvia

06-15-2006, 01:08 AM

Wow, thank you so much! Glad to be of help!
The info on MR out there is very sparse unfortunately. Here are the only decent MR resources I know of:

BOOKS
"Rendering with mental ray" by Driemeyer. Personally I am not a big fan of his books, it is very dry and doesn't explain many of the interconnections between different MR nodes that you need to obtain certain results.

"Learning Maya - Rendering" by Alias. There is a little MR info at the end of each chapter.

"Learning Maya 7 - The Special Effects Handbook" by Alias. Again, a whole lot of Maya with some really really good MR info here and there.

DVDs
Alias had a "Mental Ray Shaders" one, when MR first came out bundled with Maya.

WEB
There is always http://lamrug.org/resources.html

I wish somebody else wrote a good MR book!!! Hint hint anybody?

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