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benjii19
10-21-2006, 10:19 AM
Hi, im running Maya 7.0 and have an object (TV) it's all one mesh, But i need a light to shine through the screen?? I know if the screen was seperate I could achieve this with light linking but the TV is rigged for squash and stretch etc so could i exclude polygons from light?

Could you use the hypershade and create a spotlight that is only attached to the case surface and not the screen? Or maybe a transparency map, but Im not sure how that would work as the screen squashes and stretches with the telly?



Cheers
ChrisSosa
10-24-2006, 02:12 AM
You should be able to apply different shaders to Poly faces, but if you UV map you TV you could create a PSD Texture and apply your transparency that way as well. My best suggestion would be the PSD Texture that way you can apply all your detail and put a gradient transparency on the screen. Both ways will not be affected by the squash and stretch.
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