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iv Contents
Motion Blur with the mental ray Renderer............... 88
Depth of Field with the mental ray Renderer............ 89
Caustic Lighting Effects............................................. 91
Global Illumination with the mental ray Renderer... 92
mental ray Volume Shading ...................................... 93
mental ray Displacement........................................... 95
mental ray Contour Shading ..................................... 95
mental ray R enderer Rollouts................................ 97
Sampling Quality Rollout (mental ray Renderer)..... 97
Camera Effects Rollout (mental ray Renderer)....... 100
Caustics and Global Illumination Rollout
(mental ray Renderer) ............................ .............. 104
Final Gather Rollout (mental ray Renderer)........... 109
Shadows and Displacement Rollout (mental ray
Renderer).............................................................. 111
Rendering Algorithms Rollout (mental ray
Renderer).............................................................. 113
Translator Options Rollout (mental ray
Renderer).............................................................. 115
Diagnostics Rollout (mental ray Renderer)............ 120
Distributed Bucket Rendering Rollout (mental
ray Renderer)............................. ........................... 121
Add/Edit DBR Host Dialog........................... .......... 124
Ray-Trace Acceleration Parameters .................... 125
Ray-Trace Ac celeration: Parameters for the BSP
Methods ................................................................ 125
Ray-Trace Acceleration: Parameters f or the
Grid Method......................................................... 125
VUE File Renderer................................................. 126
VUE File Renderer .................................................. 126
Rendering Elements Separately.......................... 126
Render Elements Panel and Rollout........................ 126
Render Elements Dialog.......................................... 133
Render Element Output File Dialog........................ 133
Blend Element Parameters Rollout ......................... 136
Hair a nd Fur Render Element................................. 136
Lighting Texture Element Rollout........................... 136
Matte Texture Element Rollout ............................... 137
Velocity Element Parameters Rollout...................... 137
Z Element Parameters Rollout ................................ 139
Diffuse Texture Element Rollout..... ........................ 139
Rendering to Textures.......................................... 139
Render to Texture.................. .............................. .... 139
Baked Texture Elements .......................................... 142
Target Map Slot Assignments.................................. 145
Creating and Using Normal Bump Maps ............... 146
Troubleshooting Normal Bump Maps.................... 147
Render to Textures Dialog ................................... 151
Render to Texture Dialog .............................. .......... 151
Render to Texture: General Settings Rollout .......... 152
Render to Texture: Objects to Bake Rollout............ 153
Render to Texture: Output Rollout......................... 155
Render to Texture: Baked Material Rollout ......... ... 157
Render to Texture: Automatic Mapping Rollout .... 158
Render to Texture: Add Texture Elements Dialog .. 160
Render to Texture: Projection Options Dialog....... 160
Preview Renderings ............................................. 163
Preview Renderings............................. .................... 163
Make Preview .......................................................... 163
Make Preview Dialog............................................... 164
View Preview ........................................................... 165
Rename Preview ............................ .......................... 165
Panorama Expor ter .............................................. 166
Panorama E xporter Utility...................................... 166
Panorama E xporter Render Setup Dialog .............. 166
Panorama Exporter Viewer..................................... 168
Network Rendering .............................................. 169
Introduction to Network Rendering.......... ............. 169
Basic Procedures for Network Rendering............... 170
How Network Rendering Works....................... ...... 173
Starting Network Rendering ................................... 175
Troubleshooting Guide ........................................... 177
System Setup ........................................................ 180
Setting Up for Network Rendering ......................... 180
Software Setup ..................................................... 180
Setting Up Rendering Software............................... 180
Setting Up Directories............................................. 181
Sharing a Directory ............................. .................... 182
Mounting a Directory .......................................... ... 182
Using Configure User Paths .................................... 183
Network Job Assignment..................................... 184
Network Job Assignment Dialog............................. 184
Job Dependencies Dialog ........................................ 190
Notifications Dialog ................................... ............. 190
Strips Setup Dialog.................................................. 191
Advanced Settings Dialog ................ ....................... 193
Queue Monitor...................................................... 195
Job Settings Dialog .................................................. 195
Batch Rendering................................................... 198
Batch Rendering with Backburner.......................... 198
Quick Start Batch Rendering .................................. 198
Using Backburner for Batch Rendering ........ .......... 199
Batch Rendering - Batch Render Dialog ................. 200
Batch Render Tool - Batch Render Warning
Dialog.. ........................................... ....................... 205
Command-Line Rendering................................... 206
Command-Line Rendering..................................... 206
Command-Line Rendering Switches...................... 208