Copy"gShaders"and"userSetup.py"to C:/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/maya/2011/scripts/.
gMaterial
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| gMaterial | Bump | Connect your Maya Bump 2d here |
| Glossy | Refraction and Reflection glossiness, the bigger the blurier（0.000 ~ 1.000） | |
| Transparency Fresnel | Transparency Fresnel（0.000 ~ 1.000） | |
| Transparency | Transparency color, connect a texture here.（if you set a gamma in the gLens, the inverse operation will be applied here） | |
| IOR | Index Of Refraction | |
| Refract(Check Box) | uncheck if you have a one face object (no thickness) | |
| Reflection Fresnel | Reflection Fresnel（0.000 ~ 1.000） | |
| Reflection | Reflection color, connect a texture here.（if you set a gamma in the gLens, the inverse operation will be applied here） | |
| Diffuse | Diffuse color, connect a texture here.（if you set a gamma in the gLens, the inverse operation will be applied here） | |
| Incandescence | Incandescence color, connect a texture here. |
gEnvironment
From the HyperShade, create mentalRay→enviroment→gEnviroment. Connect the create node to the Camera MentalRay tab→Environment Shader.
- gEnviroment Attributes
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| gEnvironment | Map | The environment map |
| Intensity | The environment map intensity | |
| Rotate | The environment map rotation | |
| Primary Visibility | Disable if you don't want to see the environment in the background. | |
| Connect To mentalray IBL | Click on this button to connect the gEnvironment Shader to mentalray IBL. |
gLens
- Description
From the HyperShade, create mentalRaymay→Lenses→gLens. Connect the created node to the camera MentalRay tab→Lens Shader.
- gLens Attributes
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| gLens | Gamma | LensGamma（it will automaticaly affect the gMaterial Diffuse, Reflection, Transparency） |
| Sampling Level | The sampling quality, the more sample, the less noise but the longer render time. | |
| Falloff | Reflection、 Refraction falloff distance | |
| Dof Angle | depth of field angle (in degree) |
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| Dof Distance | distance to the depth of field focus plane | |
| Fish Eye | fish eye lens |
gShadersGlobalControl
- Description
From the gShaders menu, select gShadersGlobalControl
- gShadeGlobalControl description
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| gShadeGlobalControl | SetOptimizedRenderSettings | Optimize RenderSettings automaticaly |
| SetOptimizedShaderSettings | Optimize gMaterial parameters automatically | |
| SetOptimizedLightSettings | Optimize all the lights parameters automatically | |
| Keep Aspect | aspect on/off（linked to RenderSettings MaintainWidth/Height） |
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| ImageWidth/Height | Render image Width/Height（linked to RenderSettings Width/Height） | |
| Presets | Presets for gShaders（Preview, Low, Medium, Production, Dof, Custom） |
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| Sample | RenderSettings Sample settings. Usually you get better results with fixed sampling. |
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| Multi-PixelFilter | RennderSettings PixelFilterType | |
| Reflections | Reflection Level -> RenderSettings Reflection Level | |
| Refractions | Refraction Level -> RenderSettings Refraction Level | |
| MaxTraceDepth | RenderSettings MaxTraceDepth | |
| Create gEnvironment | It will create and connect a gEnvironment to mentalray IBL（mentalray IBL will not be used during rendering） |
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| Create gLens | gLens creation | |
| RelationEditor | gEnvironment、gLens connections |