Infinite Planes In Maya?

[Nicool]

Just create a little plane just to receive the shadows. Then apply on a "use background" shader.:beer:

[mirkoj]

using background would not solve problem. if anyone solve this, tell us, would be of great help :)

[Nicool]

You can make a big plane to be a children of your camera... add fog.

[alexx]

an infinite plane would not be a really good idea.. you would bring maya to "slight" problems with depth, rendering and a lot more..

also it would not make sense since from a certain distance on you would only see a single color value, because maya would sample a zillion of points at one time to get the color value..

so just make a very huge plane.. and mind Nicool´s words.. :)

cheers

alexx

(maybe you can send a pic on what you intend to do..)

[callon]

Thanks for the responses folks! Ummmm, I don't have a pic yet, as I was waiting for a solution before starting my scene. I really just want to be able to show a scene where the horizon for the ground doesnn't look like it's only 4 or five feet away from the camera. I want to be able to show a ground plane, giving the sense that the character is in a large open space that stetches out a bit.

I'll monkey around a bit and see what I can do with the suggestions you guys have given. Again, thanks so much for your help here!

Mike

[alexx]

try using depth fog to simulate the large space.. that helps in most cases..

if you can not show something search for a way to fake it :)

cheers

alexx

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