nivvu

hi all....

can anybody tell where can i download free maxwell materials...??

the materials which i have are not getting rendered when i render the scene but they are showing in the thumbnail preview in material editor.

is there any option to avoid this.....????

thanks in advance...

Maxer

All these materials are free you just need to register.

http://mxmgallery.maxwellrender.com/

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nivvu

thanks a lot maxer :-)

nivvu

hi maxer...

i have downloaded materials fromthe website which u have mentioned earlier..

when i select a particular material from material editor and click on preview i am getting a error message as attached jpeg's....

1) Why iam gettng this error mssg when that particular .mxm is also having its respective jpg's with it....????

2) and y its showing the error path as d:/3dsmax7/maps/art/floor/........when i havent atal installed maxwell in 3dsmax 7 software......ihave installed maxwell only for max8......please advise where iam gng wrong or is there any other way to install the materials.......

iam getting this error mssg for all the materials which i have downloaded from website....plz advise wt to do.....

please go through the attached jpeg's for the questions i have asked...

thanks in advance...

best regards
nivas

Maxer

You’re getting the error messages because you have to tell the MXM materials where you are storing the jpgs or image files it's looking for. Who ever created the original material had them located on their computer or network and the location they stored them in isn't the same as the location you are storing them in.

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nivvu

hi maxer..
iam still getting the same error mssg's......
i have assigned the paths as we do normally for jpeg's and other's....

customize menu, configure paths and addding paths in tht.
but stil i am getting the error mssgs and its not rendering...
is there any other particular way for assigning mxm paths to avoid these error mssg and the image to get rendered..???

plz advise...
thanks
nivas.

Maxer

No you need to change the paths in the material.

Also if your using an older version of Maxwell it may not be compatable with the newer materials that are on the site.

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nivvu

hi...maxer....thanks a lot for the feedback..could u plz clear these doubts....

as u said...wat do u mean is we need to change the image path in material editor...right..??? the slot where we apply bitmaps to the goemetry in max scene....plz confirm

1) is rendering the image gives the same output in max using maxwel and in maxwel studio...? coz iam lot more familiar with max than rendering in maxwel studio.....or wat is the difference rendering a image in max using maxwel and maxwel studio.....???

2) are rpc's not compatible with maxwell...?? they doesnt render in maxwel...is there any procedure to change rpc's so tht they render in maxwel...

3) maxwel creates very outstanding images......how can we get rid of noise in maxwel images....??? noise is damaging the whole quality of the iamges....

plz adivse...

best
nivas

AJLynn

Am I the only one reading this and having flashbacks to 2005?

Maxer

Yes
Yes you should get the same image out of Max or Studio because they are both using the same render engine to render out the scene.
RPC's aren't compatable with Maxwell, there is no way you can get them to work.
There are only two ways to reduce the noise, one is to let it render until the noise level is acceptable to you which has been known to take days. The second way is to use a noise filtering program like Neat Image. It's also a good idea to keep your emitter geometry as small as possable, the more complex the emitters are the more noise they will produce.

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