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salf · May 9th, 2008

Hey out there.

I finally have some time to start practicing Mental Ray, see if I can learn it.

Im trying some interior rendering, using MR sky and MR sun, and so far Ive encounter 3 issues:

1- the camera viewport is way to dark, almost black, I can make it brighter by adjusting the AMBIENT color in the ENviroment window (8), but this affects the render. Why is it that dark? I can't work on mapping because of this. (the original file was vray, but theres no vray mat in the scene anymore, not sure if this could have something to do)

2- Im trying the A&D mats, but apparently any material with some level of reflection, tends to reflect the enviroment (solid light blue color) too much. FOr instance, without any material the enviroment looks really light blue, when I use an A&D mat with relfection, lets say a floor, the environment keeps lighty blue, but the reflectio on the floor is a darker and brighter blue? WHen I tried the material on the walls, the walls are actually blue!

3- Where do I control (reduce) the grain for the A&D polished metal mat. Its too grainy.

THanks.

May 9th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
salf Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: venezuela Posts: 558 Name: salf none	3 MR questions Hey out there. I finally have some time to start practicing Mental Ray, see if I can learn it. Im trying some interior rendering, using MR sky and MR sun, and so far Ive encounter 3 issues: 1- the camera viewport is way to dark, almost black, I can make it brighter by adjusting the AMBIENT color in the ENviroment window (8), but this affects the render. Why is it that dark? I can't work on mapping because of this. (the original file was vray, but theres no vray mat in the scene anymore, not sure if this could have something to do) 2- Im trying the A&D mats, but apparently any material with some level of reflection, tends to reflect the enviroment (solid light blue color) too much. FOr instance, without any material the enviroment looks really light blue, when I use an A&D mat with relfection, lets say a floor, the environment keeps lighty blue, but the reflectio on the floor is a darker and brighter blue? WHen I tried the material on the walls, the walls are actually blue! 3- Where do I control (reduce) the grain for the A&D polished metal mat. Its too grainy. THanks.