MENTAL RAY'S NEW SHADER-METASL/DIRECTX SHADER and MENTAL MILL

Mga CGpeeps, Sirs and Masters!

Announcement lang po. Kung maalala nyo, meron link na nashare sa atin si Sir Logikpixel re: mental materials from mentalimages.com, actually the link is mentalraytips.blog of Zap's MR.

Anyway, I have read extensively all the way down and discovered this METASL/DIRECTX SHADER and MENTAL MILL.

Although I am not too sure how new these things are but according to the blog and journal, it's only released early this year, if I am not mistaken. Please, guys, correct me if I'm wrong here... di po ko sanay sa write up and informative stuffs. I am just eager to share po.

With that said, I would like to recommend these tools to all Mental ray users, as I have already started doing so. I can say that it is very powerful and effective.

Kung may mga masters po dyan na dati na at matagal ng alam ito, tuts naman po dyan...

Otherwise, I would gladly share this in a simple tutorial just to give us all an idea of what these things are and how it can help us.

OK, sige po mga sirs hintayin ko po mga comments and reactions nyo regarding the topic.

-Ad Majorem dei Gloriam!!!

tignan ko yan mamaya bro sa bahay....

thanks for the info sir...

f-fortyone wrote:tignan ko yan mamaya bro sa bahay....

OK dre, hopefully mamaster din ntin itong mental ray. with this .xmsl/metasl directx shader, mukhang madadalian na tyo. and of course with the help of our good sirs and masters here at cg pinoy

bongskeigle wrote:thanks for the info sir...

no problem sir, hopefully maraming magpost ng samples with this shader, lalo na tuts, para sa tin lahat din...

thnks for sharing sir, hindi po ako mental ray user, but ill try yo understand for the reason na malakas ito

anthony_als wrote:thnks for sharing sir, hindi po ako mental ray user, but ill try yo understand for the reason na malakas ito

ok n ok sir! try natin ito...

and for discussion's sake, start natin dito sir, check this link:
http://mentalraytips.blogspot.com/2009/05/3ds-max-2010-metasl-and-mental-mill.html

I was impressed on the feature of max 2010 with directx shader metasl and mental mill tool to help max generate in viewport the materials and lighting in a very accurate way near to render output.

All cg peeps, read on and see for yourselves... This article basically explains the basics and foundation of what this shader tools are and how they work. cool an cool po!

From what I understand, ito yung version ng Mental ray nung pseudo "real-time" render. What you see in your viewport is as near as it can get to the final rendered image.

You can change lights and materials and you get to see them implemented right on the spot without having to render.

Maybe Sir Edosayla is willing to shed some light on this.

And maybe, just maybe ( I might be pushing my luck) this could be discussed or taught on the UAE EB/3D Seminar. Calling on Sir Erick, yoohoo...hehehe

wow...i hope mag work itong maganda kasi very interested din ako sa quality ng mental ray once proven...right? aabangan ko ito....

maganda ito sir mental ray user din ako

logikpixel wrote:From what I understand, ito yung version ng Mental ray nung pseudo "real-time" render. What you see in your viewport is as near as it can get to the final rendered image.

You can change lights and materials and you get to see them implemented right on the spot without having to render.

Maybe Sir Edosayla is willing to shed some light on this.

And maybe, just maybe ( I might be pushing my luck) this could be discussed or taught on the UAE EB/3D Seminar. Calling on Sir Erick, yoohoo...hehehe

WOW, sir logikpixel, thanks for dropping by po... question, any possibilty for our masters and sirs to conduct online seminar regarding this subject here at cgpinoy? it would be a cool event po, I'll be waiting closely...

Sir Edosayla, busy po kyo ah... wait ka namin sir ha??

Try mo i-post sa help line. Mas pansin ang mga post sa help line.

logikpixel wrote:Try mo i-post sa help line. Mas pansin ang mga post sa help line.

okai sir! try ko ilink sila dito sa discussion for the start...

logikpixel wrote:Try mo i-post sa help line. Mas pansin ang mga post sa help line.

update nyo lang to, napapansin naman dito. it's just that konti lang talga ang mental ray user. but this is a very good idea and we support this. thank you.

wow ... galing hehehe ... hintay lng po ang tutorials hope ko lng na ma explain ko ng maayos anyway thanks for opening this thread .. excited naman kayo sa shader hehehe ..

Hello po Sir Bokkins, been waiting for your comments din po... thanks for dropping by.

Nagpost lang din po ko sa help line as suggested by sir logikpixel, I did it to direct all interested cgpeeps here and for the attention of all masters gya nyo.

salamat po ulit.

edosayla wrote:wow ... galing hehehe ... hintay lng po ang tutorials hope ko lng na ma explain ko ng maayos anyway thanks for opening this thread .. excited naman kayo sa shader hehehe ..

hehehe, great to hear from you po master edosayla. naexcite nga po tlga ko nun mkita ko ito shaders na to e... masmasaya lang po ksi pg all together matuto hehe... tska with all you sirs around, mapapabilis po growth namin newbies...

More power, Sir.

Hintay lang kami dito!

marcelinoiii wrote:

logikpixel wrote:Try mo i-post sa help line. Mas pansin ang mga post sa help line.

okai sir! try ko ilink sila dito sa discussion for the start...

Err..Ang ibig kong sabihin ay mag-post ka ng appropriate na question, not totally post the discussion sa help line hehehe. na-misunderstood mo siguro.

bokkins wrote:

logikpixel wrote:Try mo i-post sa help line. Mas pansin ang mga post sa help line.

update nyo lang to, napapansin naman dito. it's just that konti lang talga ang mental ray user. but this is a very good idea and we support this. thank you.

Gaya ng sinabi ko kay Marcelino sir Boks..misundertood lang yung suggestion ko na kung sa help line siya nagpost ng specific tutorial help mas papansinin. And yes, outnumbered ang mental ray users talaga, so ang support ay hindi ganun karami.
Thanks sir Boks, and congratulations I forgot di pala kita nabati.

Ah ganun po ba sir logikpixel? hehe sensya na... anyway, ok naman po yun ginawa ko, I think, I only posted on help line to direct the inrested parties in our discussion here... I only quoted my intro from here so they'd get the idea of what we're having here... thanks po ulit, mali yun intindi ko sir, pero in a way, ok nmn sana yun nagawa ko... hehe kulit ko na

Ok! Helo again to all cgp's, sirs and masters:

May I have the honor to start sharing how we can get started with the Metasl/directx shaders for Max2010.

Start ko na po muna with these simple steps for us to get started...

a. go to this link: http://materials.mentalimages.com/browse.php
and start downloading all the materials from there. we have about 80-90 items in total provided by mentalimage.com for free.

b. once all these files are downloaded, unzip/extract them all to into one folder.

c. you will then have 4 folders created namely: shaders, shaders_precompiled, textures and xmsl.

d. and with the 'read me' file instructions below:


Using the Material in Autodesk 3ds Max 2010
1. Uncompress the material zip file. The following folders are created:
 shaders
 shaders precompiled
 textures
 xmsl
2. Copy MetaSL files from the shaders directory to <3ds Max root>\hardwareshaders\MetaSL.
3. If you are using the 32-bit version of 3ds Max, copy the contents of shaders_precompiled\nt-x86
to <3ds Max root>\mentalray\shaders_autoload\shaders.
4. If you are using the 64bit version of 3ds Max, copy the contents of shaders_precompiled\nt-x86-64
to <3ds Max root>\mentalray\shaders_autoload\shaders.
5. Add the textures directory to the 3ds Max texture search path.
6. In 3ds Max, create a DirectX Shader material.
7. Select the material’s .xmsl file as the DirectX Shader to use. The MetaSL material will be used in
the Max viewport and for any mental ray