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cay030 polycounter lvl 18
Hey all just a quick question that maybe someone can answer. I was looking at trying to do a Reflection Map in Maya. But wasnt sure how to do it. If someone knows how or a good tutorial. Please post. Thanks

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  • Illusions
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    Illusions polycounter lvl 18
    Make one, or apply one?

    If apply, under Create Maya Nodes, open the Evn Nodes, pick the kind you want, throw in your reflection map file into it, then link the env node with the reflection color value on your main shader.
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    cay030 polycounter lvl 18
    Yea i remember seeing that in maya. But if you wanted to say have a reflection on a window for a car , how would you go about that , is it applying it to the shader of the window or is there something else to it. Thanks
  • Illusions
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    Illusions polycounter lvl 18
    Unless you're using a shader other than one provided with Maya, then yes. All you have to do is connect the image you're using for the reflection to one of the Env. Nodes, then connect it to the reflection color slot (make sure to set how reflective you want it to be using reflectivity or another file).
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