Light-maya

[timsvw]

could you be more specific on what you are trying to light.

-Tim

[yamazake]

Im trying to light a aeroplane in a hangar !!

[timsvw]

Take a look at these tuts. Also think about how your scene would look in the real world and how you can make the lighting have emotion.

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/type/tutorial.asp?id=28031

Tim

[Fex]

for fake GI try this:
http://www.lightengine3d.com/index2.html

[yamazake]

thanks guys soon i will post a pic!

[yamazake]

HI GUYS, DOES MAYA HAVE A GI?
DOES ANY BODY NOW A GOOD GI SYS?
A GOT THE http://www.lightengine3d.com/index2.html FAKE GI BUT CAN I USE IT TO DO A ANIMATION ?
CAN ANY BODY POST ME A GOOD LIGHT CONFIG?
IM USING MAYA 4.5


THANKS!!:rolleyes:

[ME3D]

Maya now includes Mental Ray, which has a great Global Illumination toolset. You can download Mental ray for may from the alias site if you own maya 4.5.

[yamazake]

d u now any hp with mental ray tutorials ?

:beer:
just one question what is rederman from pixar?

[pomru]

Originally posted by yamazake
just one question what is rederman from pixar?
http://renderman.pixar.com/

They explain it better than I can.

[yamazake]

hey mental ray is cool but its a bit slow!!
thanks timsvw

:beer:

[ME3D]

yamazake,
Maybe Mental ray will be like the maya renderer. Many complain how it sucks when they start off, but then they find after awhile that the renderer is just really picky aand it takes time to figure out all the tricks to render faster and better.

Possibly this is the case again with mental ray we'll have to see how far it gets tweeked in the upcoming months. I've spent a considerable amount of time on it recently and I'm begining to see that time coming down and quality is going up.


Who knows....but I'm feeling optimistic at this point.

Later,
ME3D

[yamazake]

hey ME3D I will try to post a pic of my work with mental ray can u post some pic so we can swap some techniques?:beer:

[ME3D]

Sure,
I can only post test pics though. Due to the "secretive nature" of the client....:)

Later,
ME3D

[FClub_TDurden]

Mental ray slow for GI? :p Welcome sloooow GI...

You can kinda fake it with diffuse only overlapping soft shadow lights....

[Tocy]

Hi!
Here are some MR-related tutorials:

http://www.bullerin.com/
http://www.motiondesign.biz/
http://alienbit.com/default.htm
http://www.steven-tubbrit.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.3dluvr.com/intercepto/maya/tutorials/mray_thegathering/indoor01.htm
http://www.br1.org/2002/postnuke/html/

Hope these help!

And have you tried GIJoe from www.pixho.com? Its a Gi fake, (bunch of lights in a sphere), but with very useful controls. I like it very much! :love:

Bye
Tocy

[jeremybirn]

Originally posted by Tocy
And have you tried GIJoe from www.pixho.com? Its a Gi fake, (bunch of lights in a sphere), but with very useful controls. I like it very much!

Why do people (starting with the author apparently) keep comparing GIJoe to Global Illumination? It doesn't do anything to fake it or resemble it.

GIJoe is a potentially useful alternative to Image Based Lighting, but all it even tries to simulate is IBL (light from a multi-colored environment), not GI (light bouncing between objects, color bleeding between objects, bright objects illuminating dimmer objects, etc.)

If you want to fake GI, add your own bounce lights to a scene. If you want to fake IBL, use GIJoe or add your own group of different colored sky lights.

-jeremy

[Tocy]

Hi Jeremy!
Thank you for your correction, of course you are absolutely right. I still have much to learn!
Tocy

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