luoqiulin
oh thank you very much
but the problem is the render shape
my purpose is to render it as disks
maybe i must use instance

luoqiulin
oh thank you very much
but the problem is the render shape
my purpose is to render it as disks
maybe i must use instance

werwack
Hello,

I would like to create a new node which would have multiple inputs and that would output only one of them according to the value of its parameter (a slider or a combo box).

This is to easily switch between a primitove object and its proxy or between several primitive objects (sphere, cube…) in a geometry network.


Should I use a Vex node?

It there an other way to do so than creating a new node?

Thank you very much,


Werwack

werwack
Rob, small question for you: I detached the Render View window and it did exactly what I want so I saved the desktop.
I closed this window because I didn't need it permanently opened. Hum, how can I call it back?
I don't find it listed anywhere and it doesn't show up when I reload the desktop.

Do I have to create a completely new Render View? Activate the settings and tear the pane off again? Every time?

werwack

Did you know you can store renders in the Render View? (…)

Well, no, I didn't. And thanks again for this tip.

In fact if I don't know that, and many other things I am sure, it is because for me there are some major weaknesses in the documentation regarding basic concepts and first steps for beginners. These tips are not mentionned either in the video tutorials I've seen so far because as good as they can be they cannot mention everything.

werwack
Hi,

• - the fact that when we start we usually prefer using the MPlay to receive the rendered images rather than the Render View (it is quite useful to be able to compare a result with previous one, in a floating window, and this approach is similar to Maya),
  

• 
  Did you know you can store renders in the Render View? RMB in viewport & select Color Correction. At the bottom you'll see a little camera icon. When you click on this, it will store the rendered image … with the name you provide in the field beside the icon. To the left of that you can scroll thru the memorized images or use the pull down menu.
  
  And on the far right you have a method to compare images with one another; split, difference, blend, compare.
  
  If you want, you could detach the pane and have a floating window of the Render View. So you can begin to see it's similar to Maya

werwack

• - We are many to prefer MPlay to the Render View because MPlay has these nice buttons allowing you to see every channels of the image independently.
  

• 
  RMB in viewport of Render View … select Color Correction … you'll see choices at bottom

claudio_101
Hey guy's,
One of the problems I'm still having is with the shadow maps.
I can't seem to get them working.
On pointLight_01 the shadow map doesn't work and on pointLight_02 it does.
Does anybody understand why this is happening.
I have attached a sample file.
Cheers

td3d
Sorry guys, I don't want to Compare Mantra vs Cinema 4D Advanced Render,
but Mantra is very, very, very, very, very and very slow!

kustaa
this technique would mean that i need to have one DRA shader for each archive file. would it be possible with just one DRA shader and overriding its file attribute per instance point?