SHadows+compositing

[Dargon]

Use the "Use Background" Shader on the car, and on the ground, with recieve shadows on the ground, but not the car.

Use Background will cut a hole in the alpha, making it easier to composite.

I believe (but haven't tried) you can also set up the render globals to render in seperate passes, and choose shadows - possibly in thier own file??

[TheShaddix]

Is it true that only batch render renders HDRI?? And why when i use batch render, it says no renderable cameras in ur scene. How can i fix it?

[Dargon]

On the camera node (I recommend using one besides the default persp, but you can use this one too) there is a "renderable" checkbox on the camera under the output settings tab. Check this, but only on the camera you have set to render in the render globals.

As for HDRI, batch render and preview render use the same global settings - I can't see any reason that they would be different, that would defeat the purpose of a preview render!

Check the render globals, you may have to turn on some functions there to see your HDRI.

:shrug:

[TheShaddix]

Thanks dargon, ill do what u told me.

1.) Is there a way to change the maya startup banner? like i want to put some of my stuff instead of that "5".

2.) How can i add glow to my objects? I know that glow effect, but it works only for software renderer, not for mental ray.

[TheShaddix]

ccmon you guys.

[Dargon]

I don't think you can change the startup window, but it might be possible if they haven't hid it too deeply. Check all the Maya folders for images, then alter it. It will probably not be a very standard image format, though.

I'll have to try the glow thing tonight. I didn't know it didn't work in Mental Ray...

(to be honest, I'm still trying to figure out Mental Ray thing myself....)

[bjarneheden]

Yes, you can change the startup image.
Check this thread for how to do it:

Change startup image (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13333&highlight=maya+startup+screen)



/Bjarne

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