ApplyingDiffuseMaps

[TheWraith]

whats different for applying a diffuse map than any other map in maya? seems the same to me

[Atwooki]

I think he means that the concept (or understanding the physical attributes of a diffuse map) is perhaps an alien issue.....

'Diffuse' light is the exponential diminishment of reflected light from world in relation to local colour absorbancy, reflectivity and translucency of.....naaa what am I saying! RTFM etc.

APPLYING a diffuse map is no different than 'applying' a bump, or ambient or colour etc....----> Just think greyscale values....


Atwooki

[Kinematics]

Thanks guys the info you provided was great and still helpful although i think i didnt really ask it properly.

In the hypershader when you apply say a bumpmap to a shader, you mclick and drag on top of the shader and select "bumpmap" but in the case of diffusemap, there isnt one.
So how do i go about linking my img to the shader as a diffuse map

Thank you and srory i didnt phrase it well enough

[TheWraith]

ahhhhh, i see. if you MMB click and drag the file onto the shader then simply choose the "other" option at the bottom of the list. otherwise just open up the shader in the Attribute Editor and assign the map to the diffuse slot that way.

[Threedeemer]

Yeah like TheWraith said, this opens the channel box, where you can link the image files' Out Alpha to the diffuse channel of the shader.

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