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Chapter 47: Rendering with mental ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127
Enabling mental ray ........................................................................................................1127
mental ray preferences ..........................................................................................1128
mental ray Lights and Shadows .......................................................................................1129
Enabling mental ray Shadow Maps ........................................................................1130
Using mental ray Sun & Sky .................................................................................1130
Using mental ray Sky Portal ..................................................................................1132
Understanding Caustics and Photons ..............................................................................1133
Tutorial: Using Caustic Photons to create a disco ball ............................................1133
Enabling caustics and global illumination for objects ............................................1134
Controlling Indirect Illumination ....................................................................................1136
Rendering control .................................................................................................1137
Advanced mental ray .............................................................................................1138
Using mental ray proxies .......................................................................................1138
Summary ........................................................................................................................1139
Chapter 48: Batch and Network Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141
Batch Rendering Scenes ..................................................................................................1141
Using the Batch Render tool ..................................................................................1141
Managing scene states ...........................................................................................1142
Creating a stand-alone executable .........................................................................1143
Understanding Network Rendering .................................................................................1143
Setting Up a Network Rendering System .........................................................................1144
Starting the Network Rendering System ..........................................................................1144
Tutorial: Initializing the network rendering system ...............................................1145
Tutorial: Completing your first network rendering job ..........................................1146
Job assignment options .........................................................................................1149
Configuring the Network Manager and Servers ...............................................................1150
The network manager settings ...............................................................................1150
The network servers settings .................................................................................1151
Logging Errors ................................................................................................................1152
Using the Monitor ...........................................................................................................1152
Jobs .......................................................................................................................1153
Servers ..................................................................................................................1154
Summary ........................................................................................................................1155

Part XII: MAXScript and Plug-Ins 1157

Chapter 49: Automating with MAXScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159
What Is MAXScript? ........................................................................................................1159
MAXScript Tools .............................................................................................................1160
The MAXScript menu ............................................................................................1160
The MAXScript Utility rollout ...............................................................................1160
Tutorial: Using the SphereArray script ..................................................................1161

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