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Maya Bokeh Lens Shader

This is a document providing a quick overview of the Bokeh shader in Maya. I would like to thanks Ash Aiad for the document. Ash is part of the product support team. I will need at some point to give him a sidekick name…

Posted: May 12, 2009
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Mental Ray - Multi-Pixel Filtering Comparison

Maya 2009: Custom Frame Buffers Explained

As requested by some of you, this vlog will provide a technical overview on Maya 2009 custom frame buffers.

Posted: Mar 11, 2009
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Mental Ray - Multi-Pixel Filtering Comparison

Specialized passes: Material ID, Object ID and UV Pass

While preparing my next vlog on advanced custom passes, I have blog written by Ash Aiad, From Maya Support team. This provide different ways to create selection masks for compositing. Thanks Ash for your contribution!

Posted: Feb 17, 2009
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Mental Ray - Multi-Pixel Filtering Comparison

Using FG to create AO effect

Final Gathering uses a technique similar to AO, where it casts rays in different directions to sample the indirect lighting from surrounding objects. While FG cast FG rays in the scene it does also compute the ambient…

Posted: Jan 20, 2009
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Creating custom AO pass with various AO settings

This blog provides an example how to create custom AO pass, where each pass can have different AO quality and settings, while still rendering in "one go".

Posted: Jan 15, 2009
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A system to organize your render passes

This blog entry will provide few examples how to use Render Tokens like RenderLayer, RenderPass, Scene, Camera and RenderPassFileGroup to better organize your render passes with mental ray. Maya 2009 render passes…

Posted: Jan 09, 2009
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