Tylosaurus Progress: UV Map

Tylosaurus Progress: Spines

Non Smoothed

Smoothed

Mental Ray: Physical Sun & Sky

Haze: 0, 5.000, 10.000, 15.000

Red/Blue Shift: -1.000, 1.000

Saturation: 0, 1.000

No Change

Shadow Softness: 2.000

Shadow Softness: 2.000

Samples: 64

Mental Ray: Mia_material_x

Mental Ray: Caustics

Software Caustics: Underwater

Mental Ray: Global Illumination

Production Quality

Mental Ray: Final Gather

No Changes

Enable Default Light: off

Final Gathering: on

Diagnose Finalgathering: on

Diagnose Finalgathering: on

Accuracy: 500

Diagnose Finalgathering: on

Accuracy: 500

Point Density: 2.000

Point Interpolation: 10

Diagnose Finalgathering: on

Accuracy: 500

Point Density: 2.000

Point Interpolation: 15

Enable Map Visualizer: on

Preview Quality

Final Gathering: on

Production Quality

Final Gathering: on

Final Gather Mode: Optimize for Animations

Mental Ray: Displacement

Displacement

Maya Software

Alpha Gain/Alpha Offset (Mid Grey)

Mental Ray

With Displacement Map

Alpha Gain: 0.100

Alpha Offset: -0.050

Alpha Gain: 2.000

Alpha Offset: -1.000

Alpha Gain: 5.000

Alpha Offset: -2.500

Mental Ray Quality Control (Approximation Editor)

Mental Ray (Non-SubD)

No Changes

With Displacement Map

Alpha Gain: 0.200

Alpha Offset: -0.100

Approx Method: Spatial

View Dependent: on

Approx Method: Spatial

Length: 0.250

View Dependent: on

Approx Method: Spatial

Approx Style: Fine

Max Subdivisions: 7

Length: 0.250

View Dependent: on

Production Quality

Mental Ray (SubD)

No Changes

With Displacement Map

Alpha Gain: 0.300

Alpha Offset: -0.150

With Created Subdivisions

Approx Method: length/distance/angle

Length: 0.300

View Dependent: on

Approx Method: length/distance/angle

Length: 0.300

Angle: 20.000

View Dependent: on

Approx Method: length/distance/angle

Length: 0.500

Angle: 20.000

View Dependent: on

Approx Method: length/distance/angle

Length: 0.500

Angle: 20.000

View Dependent: on

Fine: on

Approx Method: length/distance/angle

Max Subdivisions: 7

Length: 0.500

Angle: 20.000

View Dependent: on

Fine: on

Mental Ray Nurbs

With Displacement Map

Approx Method: Curvature

Approx Style: Fine

Distance: 0.100

View Dependent: on