ahh cool cool, thanks for the info! i have to use maya at work too even though i prefer max ><
dunno if you've seen this video [link] but i was very impressed by the render quality in vray, which is one of the reasons i ask
especially the tree shots that start around 8:00 minutes in. i have seen some pretty poly-heavy mental ray tree scenes, but they weren't animated either hehe
dunno if you've seen this video [link] but i was very impressed by the render quality in vray, which is one of the reasons i ask
especially the tree shots that start around 8:00 minutes in. i have seen some pretty poly-heavy mental ray tree scenes, but they weren't animated either hehe
aaaaaaaaaagh the third & the seventh. I wanted to shoot myself after watching that.Alex Roman! its insaaaane! But that guy obviously has studied photography in depth. Have you checked out [link] ? u can see how the post work helps a lot. As for the trees i do prefer vrays ability to handle insane amount of polygons over mental ray. Also i found vray proxys more convenient than mental ray proxy.But my decision to start learning maya + mental ray was due to the heavy dominance of maya and mental ray over the visual effects industry and not because i wasn't happy with vray or max.
Hahah yea man that video blew my mind! I was like 
OOOO for the rest of the night the first time I watched it.
The compositing breakdown video is pretty interesting to see how he put it all together. I was surprised to see how much of the lighting was handled in post, but I suppose it's easier to control and faster to get feedback that way.
I haven't tried out mr proxies at all, haven't really had the need to yet. I think I might just try some crazy big scene that requires it though, if only to test the limits of my lowly CPU.
OOOO for the rest of the night the first time I watched it.The compositing breakdown video is pretty interesting to see how he put it all together. I was surprised to see how much of the lighting was handled in post, but I suppose it's easier to control and faster to get feedback that way.
I haven't tried out mr proxies at all, haven't really had the need to yet. I think I might just try some crazy big scene that requires it though, if only to test the limits of my lowly CPU.