difference maya/mr ocean rendering..

[stunndman]

looks like the mental ray rendered ocean is just a bit more reflective - thereby looking a bit more dynamic - can't you adjust the reflectivity to compensate? i haven't used the ocean shader yet, so i don't know for sure

[alexx]

i had 1:1 settings..
when rendering some poly paint FX grass i saw the same result..
the mental render seems a lot higher in contrast.. and lighting looks different..

i wonder if it could be (for the ocean) that maya and mental handle displacment different concerning the tesselation and thus the higher detail in mental..

naja.. we´ll see

cheers

alexx

[stunndman]

hmm, at first i had the same thought - the tesselation - but that wouldn't account for the higher dynamic range in the mental ray rendered ocean - and the highlights seem to match in size and distribution - i'd still bet on the higher reflectivity (maybe differences with the fresnel falloff, i dunno)

talking about maya/mental ray differences - a few days ago i tried to use an env sky node and i got some wiered results with mental ray - like when the camera looked down on the floor i could actually see the sky and the sun - i didn't had the time to dig deeper but it definitely confused me

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