rendering normals with light & shadow
Hey guys,
I am definitely having a problem. I am making environments for my portfolio. The have normal and spec maps. ( made in maya ) So, the high quality rendering looks alright. But I need to render versions with different types of lighting and shadows. I dont need a light bake as it does not need to go into an engine. Mental ray makes it go all funky it seems. and hardware render doenst seem to do it either. Can someone tell me how to make a nice render with normal maps , light, and shadow?
Thanks much,
here is my example
I am definitely having a problem. I am making environments for my portfolio. The have normal and spec maps. ( made in maya ) So, the high quality rendering looks alright. But I need to render versions with different types of lighting and shadows. I dont need a light bake as it does not need to go into an engine. Mental ray makes it go all funky it seems. and hardware render doenst seem to do it either. Can someone tell me how to make a nice render with normal maps , light, and shadow?
Thanks much,
here is my example
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You could also try rendering in more than one pass, and composite it in PS or something
Again wheeling out Paul Tosca's image, it seems people hit this issue twice a week, maybe they should just default this option to "on" in Mental Ray...