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This page introduces V-Ray camera topics and generally how to access them. Please click on the appropriate topic(s) below for the full documentation and proper usage information.

 

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V-Ray makes full use of regular Maya cameras, but can also add certain attributes to add more advanced functionality to a scene camera beyond the regular Maya camera controls and attributes. These additional camera functions and controls are accessed in Maya in two different ways, depending on the functions desired: as either a number of Extra V-Ray Attributes added directly to the Maya camera node, or as Overrides in Maya's Render Settings window.

Extra V-Ray Attributes allow for per-camera fine-tuning control, while the Render Setting Overrides offers scene-wide control.

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Adding Extra V-Ray Attributes for Cameras

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In OSX these additional tools are found in the ChaosGroup Chaos folder in the Applications folder.

In Linux you can find these tools in /usr/ChaosGroupChaos/V-Ray/Maya nnnn -x64/bin (where where nnnn is the Maya version).

 

Two of these additional tools are quite useful for camera work and are introduced here. Click on the links for detailed usage information:


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Lens Analysis Tool

The primary V-Ray tool for creating, previewing and editing

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Lens Analyzer (a.k.a. Lens Analysis Tool) creates, previews and edits

V-Ray lens files (

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In addition, this tool also analyzes camera distortions as well as

This suite of tools includes a camera distortion analyzer and a tool for correcting/distorting images. It provides for a very realistic level of camera distortion simulation. Find out more: Lens analysis tool

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Lens Effects Filter Generator

 (a.k.a. Lens Effects Filter Generator) creates HDR filter kernels for use in the V-Ray Frame buffer Lens Effects' Glare Image parameter.

 

 

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A simple tool for composing filters (HDR images in .hdr format) specially designed to produce filters for the Lens Effects in the VFB. Find out more: Lens Effects Filter Generator

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