I imported a PLY model with vertex color embedded into 3DS Max. I then UV unwrapped it and need to transfer the vertex colors to a diffuse material. How do I directly transfer this color information to a bitmap without altering the color based on the ambient light of the scene? I read somewhere that it could be done…
You can render maps in the material editor (e. g. if you have some noises or already unwrapped textures you can render a combined result of the texture), but the material editor has no idea of your object or its UV layout (or its vertex colors for that matter) so I'd be skeptical regarding the question if it can do what…