Polez
03-16-2004, 05:27 PM
Hello all,
I have been a lurker for quite a long time and have learned many a great things from this site. I am in a position now which I need to ask a pretty dumb question:blush:
I am using mental ray for Maya and I am wanting to do a AO pass with the dirtmap shader for compositing later. My question is do I use the same lighting setup for this pass as I do for my other passes or do kill all my other lights and use an ambient light for the dirtmap pass, also do I leave FG and GI on for this pass. Im sorry for this kind of question. I have searched through the site and have found loads of information on AO I was never sure on how to "light" the AO pass.
Thank You
I have been a lurker for quite a long time and have learned many a great things from this site. I am in a position now which I need to ask a pretty dumb question:blush:
I am using mental ray for Maya and I am wanting to do a AO pass with the dirtmap shader for compositing later. My question is do I use the same lighting setup for this pass as I do for my other passes or do kill all my other lights and use an ambient light for the dirtmap pass, also do I leave FG and GI on for this pass. Im sorry for this kind of question. I have searched through the site and have found loads of information on AO I was never sure on how to "light" the AO pass.
Thank You