rendering normal maps / maya

hula

hej guys,

1. im trying to render out an environment of mine but not getting the normal maps and having shadow problems. Is there a tutorial out there ?

2. do people still lightbake an occlusion map? or is it oldskool?

thanks!

cpcpcp

hula

hmm... after a bit of testing. hardware rendering renders teh nornals ok. but no shadows.
how do you guys do it?

bugo

in maya 2008 only spot have shadowing
select one, use shadowmap at 2048 resolution and in "lighting" menu select "shadows", you are free to use it on high quality rendering or only in normal viewport.

ivars

Directional lights also work with realtime shadows.
Or if you just want fancy renders use Mental Ray. It can render normal maps too.