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arowana

11-13-2006, 11:17 AM

hi everyone. I just got an issue with shaders mental ray which I can't find the solution.
I am using max 8
see I just got a project building up a helicopter. The rendering result is nice but my boss still complaining it was not realistic enough.. .
the 1 st issue which I noticed with the rendering is the reflections..
they are too sharp. does anyone know how to blur it ?

2nd
I did try to render elements but , I just noticed that the object which got a mental ray shaders in it doesn't show up in the rendering elements. every elements : reflections .. diffuse.. specular.. why is it?? is it not supported or is it MR setting which I didn't turn on??

should I switch to vray if the rendering is still not real enough?

GingerDave

11-17-2006, 02:19 PM

are you using mental ray shaders?? ive had trouble getting render elements working with mental ray shaders before also

if you want to blur your reflections in a full scene render you could use the metal lume shader in your reflection map slot, i think this may work with render elements also,

you coud also try lookng in the mental ray shader thread in the 3ds max specific section

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=104578&highlight=mental+ray+3ds+max

good luck with it!

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