rebeldreams
03-27-2002, 05:04 PM
Hi all...
First and foremost, this is a wonderful community. I drool with envy every time I see the challenges. In fact, it's only fear of failure that prevents me from submitting my own. That, and the fact that I'm starting work on a new project (a fully aniimated short based on a short story of mine). I'll have a website and so on up and running soon, but for now, I'd like to ask a few questions to see if there's anyone out there who may know better than I about the pitfalls of this process (which we all love, don't we..?):D
OK, here we go...
I'm modelling in Maya, but I want to render in MentalRay, so I got the RayTools plugin. Anyone else using this setup and care to comment on how they found it? The reason I've done this (obviously) is so that I can use GI, and the other GI fake solutions for Maya slow the damned renderer down to a snail's pace 9as if it wasn't slow enough to start with!) Of course, I COULD do the whole thing in MAX or SoftImage, but I'm less confident with their modelling systems...
I'm looking to integrate RealWave and Vue D'Esprit images into the movie.. what do you feel is the best way to proceed with that? Create the VDE images and composite, or should I try to fake it in Maya/MentalRay and ditch VDE altogether?
OK, that's about it for now (and I'm sure you've all got MUCH better things to do with your time!) so I'll leave it for the moment and hope that some kind souls may wish to help. In the meantime, keep it all coming - the inspiration on these boards is awe-inspiring, and if my models and animations come out one thousandth as well as your meshes (ALL of you!!) I'll be more than pleased!:thumbsup:
Peace :buttrock: , love :love: and hamsters :eek:
Callum
First and foremost, this is a wonderful community. I drool with envy every time I see the challenges. In fact, it's only fear of failure that prevents me from submitting my own. That, and the fact that I'm starting work on a new project (a fully aniimated short based on a short story of mine). I'll have a website and so on up and running soon, but for now, I'd like to ask a few questions to see if there's anyone out there who may know better than I about the pitfalls of this process (which we all love, don't we..?):D
OK, here we go...
I'm modelling in Maya, but I want to render in MentalRay, so I got the RayTools plugin. Anyone else using this setup and care to comment on how they found it? The reason I've done this (obviously) is so that I can use GI, and the other GI fake solutions for Maya slow the damned renderer down to a snail's pace 9as if it wasn't slow enough to start with!) Of course, I COULD do the whole thing in MAX or SoftImage, but I'm less confident with their modelling systems...
I'm looking to integrate RealWave and Vue D'Esprit images into the movie.. what do you feel is the best way to proceed with that? Create the VDE images and composite, or should I try to fake it in Maya/MentalRay and ditch VDE altogether?
OK, that's about it for now (and I'm sure you've all got MUCH better things to do with your time!) so I'll leave it for the moment and hope that some kind souls may wish to help. In the meantime, keep it all coming - the inspiration on these boards is awe-inspiring, and if my models and animations come out one thousandth as well as your meshes (ALL of you!!) I'll be more than pleased!:thumbsup:
Peace :buttrock: , love :love: and hamsters :eek:
Callum