Rendering Normal Maps with Mental Ray

Striff · Jan 2006

*edit* sorry I put this in the wrong spot, wasn't paying attention. If a mod could move, thatd be great.

Hey guys.

I'm trying to render a prop I made that has a normal map applied to it in Mental Ray (Maya 7.0). I'm using the JS_Normalmapper Mental Ray Shader. Here is a screen of what it looks like without the normal map :

and now with it :

Anyone happen to know why it is streching and distorting my difuse?

Joao Sapiro · Jan 2006

its kinda hard to see it since ur rendering with skylight, wich basically nullifies normal mapping

rockyj123 · Jan 2006

if u r using maya 7, u dont need js normaliser.. just plug it it in bump map and change it to tangent space.

malcolm · Jan 2006

Plugging it into the bump channel only works for GLviewport, does not work correctly for mentalray renders.

Rendering Normal Maps with Mental Ray

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