complete scenes using builtin/unified/user

[ronviers]

would it be possible for someone at mi to post complete maya scene files that demonstrate how to get results comparable to what David did here:

http://elementalray.wordpress.com/20...in-mental-ray/

that would be very helpful

thank you

[Remydrh]

If you could find a car/model that is free or license free. I can do that and post it.

It's not that complex really. It's very easy to do. However for now I might recommend using the Builtin IBL (native) if your HDR has very high ranges and lower the resolution some for baking (environment lighting resolution, [value], integer)

Unfortunately I have over extended myself a bit lately so I'm behind (hence the slow posts).

[ronviers]

a car would be best, but i only have one and i can’t post it.
attached is a scene with a test object i have been using. it’s no car but it can be used unrestricted and material assignment will be simpler.

here is what it looks like with a metal material applied to the cladding:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1091129...97247930955538

i also placed day and night, high and low res panos here:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B8...NzN2l5R28/edit

they are from openfootage.com and are unrestricted with the exception of reselling them.

thank you for even considering doing this, if it works out, having a reference scene for best practices using the new stuff will be invaluable.
thanks also for the tip regarding when to use user vs builtin ibl.

btw, i had problems (maya2013 no service pack) getting the beauty pass to work for anything using builtin_bsdf_carpaint - i was using the mip nodes to comp. if i can’t track it down i will start another thread

[Remydrh]

For now the bsdf shaders do not support passes.

So you would still need to use the _passes shaders.

I'm going to be out of town for about a week. Hopefully then I can take a look for you.

[ronviers]

sounds great, thanks