quick env map texture for maya?

Justin Meisse

I'm looking for a general environment reflection map along the lines of the potions and alchemical equipment from Oblivion. Maya's tutorials are a bit difficult to follow and oddly worded (also not sure what flavor of environment map I'm looking for)

Zergxes

I usually create an environment ball for the reflected color channel, and then map an image onto that. The 'utah ball' texture that I think came with Maya tends to get a lot of milage with me. The 'environment box' node can be handy if you need those reflections to be more specific than just warping it over a sphere.