Program/ techniq to render multiple maps into one?

FAT_CAP

I was wondering if anybody knew of a technique or program that would let me bake multiple maps into one diffuse map.

Basically what I want to do is detail a model in ZBRUSH to get a realistic look for a character, the only drawback being that the target platform doesn't support normal maps. I know that I can render a lighting pass and cavity map etc. to multiply over my diffuse to fake alot o fthe detail which would come out in the normal map but I remember (maybe wrongly - my memory shaky sometimes!) a program which PIOR used for his AQUABOY character which baked the multiple maps he used for his character down into one diffuse with really nice results.

I've PM'd PIOR about this but incase hes away from his computer I was wondering if anybody else knew of any other programs.

rooster

max and maya should both be able to do something like that I believe, using their render to texture features

Neox

max can definitely do this, with projected texture baking

Slum

In Max's Render To Texture dialog, use the CompleteMap.

FAT_CAP

hah - thanks guys - yeah - I was being thick and didn't have a copy of MAX available at the time of writing this... MAX's Render to texture: Complete_Map option does exactly this... DOH! I was under the impression that it only baked out individual maps but nope - I was mistaken.

I would still be interested to try out the program that PIOR used... if indeed my memory isn't failing me again and making up this mythical program!

MoP

I thought Pior used Max for that?

FAT_CAP

Yeah he may well have done. Might have just been my memory adding complexity to a simple solution!