Lense Effect Problems

[Mazin]

Hi. Next time it would be helpful if you specified the renderer and any other relevant information. I assume you are using the mental ray renderer, which gives you the option of 16-bit integer output or 32-bit floating-point output. In Render Dialog -> Renderer -> Sampling Quality, change Frame Buffer Type to Integer (16 bits per channel).

[BuddyB309]

sometimes mental ray does not support some effects. I now that it doesn't support volume light. In that case you can always Layer Render!!

[Cyberphil]

Im sorry. I am rendering with mental ray, and i tried the 16 bit channel. It still did not work. I used lens effect with mental ray before but not on MAX 09. just 08. It worked once on 09 but I have no clue what I did to make it do that.

[Mazin]

The upper left box in the attached screenshot should specify the type (r-click on the render buffer window). Shouldn't changing the bitmap type in the render dialog change that? I'm still on Max 9. Works great lol

[Dragonos]

No, you can not use lens effects with MR. I would suggest making a sunburst in photoshop or the GIMP and making a partical system with a single static "facing" particle. Or... you could use layered rendering or switch to scanline.

[Cyberphil]

I have, and I will repeat, I have used lens effect with mental ray before. Actually, our animation last year had a lens effect on it. We used mental ray, and that was done in MAX, not Photoshop, or Gimp. And thanks for the thumbnail. I never knew right clicking the tabs brought up stuff like that.

[BuddyB309]

Originally Posted by Mazin

The upper left box in the attached screenshot should specify the type (r-click on the render buffer window). Shouldn't changing the bitmap type in the render dialog change that? I'm still on Max 9. Works great lol

HA!!! I still use Max 8. Still works great!! ha!

[Mazin]

MAX 9 ALL THE WAY
(I lost my copy of 8)

[stuffssguy]

Originally Posted by BuddyB309

sometimes mental ray does not support some effects. I now that it doesn't support volume light. In that case you can always Layer Render!!

Wait, I know for a fact that mental ray does support volume light. I use it every now and then for fog effects.