Rendering in passes in Maya

mikezx2 Says:

Apr 6, 2008 - Hey I'm having a huuuuge problem with maya 2008, using layers. I'm trying to render rain with maya hardware and everything else with maya software. I'm using a layer override with maya hardware. Ideally i would love to render the master layer all together and not have to composite afterwards. I don't even want to use layers... Please help!

PolyNurb Says:

Apr 8, 2008 - Well what I would suggest is to just not use layers...and render it all out in one pass then...if that's what you want. Now if your using hardware particles for the rain..I would just make the rain part a seperate scene and render it out in a scene by itself...with alpha of course. You will have to simply composite the rain over the entire other render in something like After Effects, but it won't be difficult at all.

oliveuk Says:

Jun 1, 2008 - i don't think you posted a second video did you?thanks for that one I found loads of tutorial on maya render layers and realised that they only appplied to maya 7

oliveuk Says:

Jun 1, 2008 - actually I am in need of a reflection layer and realised that it doesnt' exist in the presets.... doh

Kalywonkas Says:

Sep 19, 2008 - How would i go about rendering an entire video of a very simple bouncing ball, im just trying to get the hang of the very basics.

tourtune Says:

Oct 7, 2008 - some1 seems to be taking a piss in the backround sound :P nice vid

roxonogueira Says:

Oct 19, 2008 - Hey! anyone knows how can I render objects viewed by some other camera? I'd like just to render the objects within a cone and nothing else. How can I do that?

roxonogueira Says:

Oct 20, 2008 - yeah! but I have one doubt! imagine I have a bottle on a table in a layer... I'd like to make the layer dissappear but leave the table...will the shadows fade too? do I have to make 2 occlusion layers? or by alpha?

youmasora Says:

Dec 10, 2008 - nice video ... waiting for part 2 :)

roxonogueira Says:

Dec 13, 2008 - Is there anyone who knows how to use a spotlight to make objects dissapear instead of illuminating them? What I really needed is to make objects fade away as the spotlight moves. I tried to use a surface luminance node to try that effect..I think it's possible to divide the objects into diferent render layers and then composite them taking advantage of the alpha between layers. My problem is, whenever I try to use a light connected to a transparency channel in a shader, the alpha is not showing.

junez Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - roxongueira I would just animate the visibility for the object in the objects attributes....

Federimanu2009 Says:

Jan 12, 2009 - Really ? you posted a demo on how to set a preset ???....c'mon man, take it up a notch..and fix your audio for gods sake.

dafttone Says:

Feb 25, 2009 - man this video makes me want to pee.

motorstereo Says:

Mar 6, 2009 - This video is great , I couldn't figure out rendering in passes until I saw this. Thanks for posting!-John

ALJ029 Says:

Apr 23, 2009 - Thanks really this really helped me

soulrunner66 Says:

Apr 26, 2009 - This is something that a lot of people may not know how to do. The audio sounds fine. I think the author would rather appreciate a thankyou. : )

jamil1985 Says:

Jun 25, 2009 - Fantastic tutorial, i cant find the part 2 of this video, any1 have the link? Also is there a 'Fog Pass' available in the default layer setting?

seshiomari Says:

Aug 20, 2009 - He probably didn't get it to work himself.

Misty9190 Says:

Feb 13, 2010 - water... who left the tap open?

twentyonhigh Says:

Mar 14, 2010 - great but only half a tutorial... where's part 2?

6tann Says:

Jun 20, 2010 - where is the next class video?????

ryanjohnsond Says:

Jun 25, 2010 - Where did the Render Layer's Render Pass options go in Maya 2010? Used to be as easy as a RMB > Occlusion pass.

ryanjohnsond Says:

Jun 25, 2010 - Where did the Render Layer's Render Pass options go in Maya 2010? Used to be as easy as a RMB > Occlusion pass.

CarlosShowroom Says:

Jan 25, 2011 - great initiative, very useful tutorial. thank u very much. ur effort is very appreciated by all.

Homestudio29 Says:

Jul 12, 2011 - Great Tutorial Thanks :D