Rendering Normal Maps with Mental Ray

Striff

*edit* sorry I put this in the wrong spot, wasn't paying attention. If a mod could move, thatd be great.

Hey guys.

I'm trying to render a prop I made that has a normal map applied to it in Mental Ray (Maya 7.0). I'm using the JS_Normalmapper Mental Ray Shader. Here is a screen of what it looks like without the normal map :




and now with it :



Anyone happen to know why it is streching and distorting my difuse?

Joao Sapiro

its kinda hard to see it since ur rendering with skylight, wich basically nullifies normal mapping

rockyj123

if u r using maya 7, u dont need js normaliser.. just plug it it in bump map and change it to tangent space.

malcolm

Plugging it into the bump channel only works for GLviewport, does not work correctly for mentalray renders.