help with js_normalMapper

[benclark]

I think you will be lucky to get any help with JSNormal Mapping in Maya.

I have posted tons of requests for help with this on various forums, and no one seems to able to tell me how to apply it

There is a selection box in Maya that allows you to apply a bump map as a tangent normal map but it never seems to work - it just applys as a bump map

The best results I've had are with the Headus network. If you want I can send it to you

[Pixero]

Well... I guess its easy when you know how. :wise:

In hypershade middlemouse click on the JS_NormalMapper and drag the mouse to for example a lambert shader and release.
You´ll get a small popup window. Right at the bottom it says: Other...
Click on it and the connection editor window will open.
From Outputs select: OutValue and from Inputs scrolldown until you find: Normal Camera.
Select it and your done.

http://www.pixero.com/stuff/normalmapper_connection.jpg

Hope this helps!

[zoloft]

Thank you pixero! :applause: :thumbsup: :applause: now it works. Could enlighten me on the use of JS_edgedisplacer with js_normalmapper or how it fits in the shading network?

Thanks also for the help alchemist would be happy to try out headus shading network also :)

[EsotericAmI]

Yess please give a shading network.....I really need to use normal maps in Maya 7
PLEASE!!:D

[tims3d]

hi guys I just installed js-normalmapper and I'm trying to do a mental ray render, I follow the steps mentioned in the info txt file and installed file, however when I try do what Pixero said, I can't seem to find the Outvalue in editor, only outnormal. Also I'm just wondering how do you view normal mapped object in the viewport.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Pixero]

RE3456: Are you sure you are using the MentalRay shader JS_NormalMapper?
It should look like the picture above with OutValue.
The Maya software renderer shader JSNormalMapper has OutNormal.

[tims3d]

RE3456: Are you sure you are using the MentalRay shader JS_NormalMapper?
It should look like the picture above with OutValue.
The Maya software renderer shader JSNormalMapper has OutNormal.

hi, Thanks for the fast reply, I was confused and dled the wrong one, I'm going to try the metal ray shader now. Also can anyone please tell me how do you view the normal in the viewport?

Thanks

[Pixero]

No problem.
First question: Have you downloaded both shader from my site? They are on different webpages. Mentalray shaders and Maya shaders.
The Mentalray shader also has a "_" underscore after JS to separate them.
The MR shader always appears under texture in create MR nodes and the Maya shader under utilitys in create Maya nodes.

Edit: Ok I see you got it now.

[tims3d]

No problem.
First question: Have you downloaded both shader from my site? They are on different webpages. Mentalray shaders and Maya shaders.
The Mentalray shader also has a "_" underscore after JS to separate them.
The MR shader always appears under texture in create MR nodes and the Maya shader under utilitys in create Maya nodes.

Edit: Ok I see you got it now.

thanks, I dled the correct one and now the normalmap is showing up in the mental ray render. However I'm still curious about how you can view the normal map in maya viewport, anyone?

[Fireantz]

Well... I guess its easy when you know how. :wise:

In hypershade middlemouse click on the JS_NormalMapper and drag the mouse to for example a lambert shader and release.
You´ll get a small popup window. Right at the bottom it says: Other...
Click on it and the connection editor window will open.
From Outputs select: OutValue and from Inputs scrolldown until you find: Normal Camera.
Select it and your done.

http://www.pixero.com/stuff/normalmapper_connection.jpg

Hope this helps!

hey man ....quite interesting about your super shader, however....i follow exactly your's way..still cant achieve some normalmap feel with Mentalray3.4 renderer in Maya7.0. Am i need to smooth my model? coz i get very jagget shadow after tick FG setting in render global. pls help....

sorry about my english.

[MoTiVe187]

I'm having some trouble with the jsnormalmapper for maya software. I installed it correctly and connected the outnormal to the normalcamera using a zbrush generated normal map. When applied, my model has black areas all over. I tried switching some of the xyz values in the shader, but with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[MoTiVe187]

Here's an example of what I'm getting. The shader was applied to the head/neck area only.

[djtomservo]

Here's an example of what I'm getting. The shader was applied to the head/neck area only.

We've noticed the same sort of issues in the viewport, but when we render it everything looks the way it's supposed to. You could always hook up some sort of a normalCamera switch using a conditional or something similar.

[CGOrange]

yea, I have the same black issue but it also appears when I render it.. Im using Maya 8 though

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