# HELP. Mental Ray Question...Comments/Suggestions
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/help-mental-ray-question-comments-suggestions/46442
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mental-ray
**Created:** [May 3, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/help-mental-ray-question-comments-suggestions/46442 "2004-05-03T02:51:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@sardo-numspa](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/sardo-numspa)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/help-mental-ray-question-comments-suggestions/46442/1 "2004-05-03T02:51:02Z")
Hey guys. I have always used Maya software renderer to output my projects. I now want to use Mental Ray but can not find where it is. I looked in the Render\>RenderUsing\> menu but all that is there is Maya Software and hardware renderers.
I am using Maya 5.0 and downloaded Mental Ray 1.5.1 and 3.2.6 and installed them. They said they were installed but they do not come up in the menu. How do I load Mental Ray up into Maya or do I open a script or something? Any help is greatly appreaciated.
Also, Does anyone recommend any other ways to render projects which look photorealistic? Other plugins or programs??? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@krunko](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/krunko)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2004, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/help-mental-ray-question-comments-suggestions/46442/2 "2004-05-03T11:38:20Z")
Hi,
Open the plugin manager, install mayatomr plugin. Have fun .. that's it.