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1. Re: Recipes for highquality AO bakes in Maya?

   

   Reply by kary · Jun 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   xNormal AO tutorial: http://donaldphan.com/tutorials/xnormal/xnormal_occ.html

2. Re: Recipes for highquality AO bakes in Maya?

   

   Reply by alexk · Jun 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   I'm pretty sure its an AO bake, but I will check the tutorial again. I'm pretty sure, because in the pimping section, another user is using the same eat3d tutorial method with similar results. here's his AO attempt the post is http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=53632&page=2 (page 2 of the thread) I'lll definetly…

3. Re: Recipes for highquality AO bakes in Maya?

   

   Reply by East · Jun 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   Having followed every step in that tutorial I can vouch for it being AO. He does use a ceiling and a floor (if I remember that correctly) to "capture" the rays that are being cast so they don't bounce off into infinity. I also recommend giving xNormal a try, although I haven't taken the time to fiddle with all the knobs so…