Viewing normal maps in Maya?

[SheepFactory]

http://www.drone.org/



did you try the search btw ;)

[robberthesp]

if your graphic card allows you, turn on 'high quality rendering' under the shading tab in the view. if you cant do this you need a better graphic card..sorry.

[garodesign]

either my A.D.D. is kicking in or i am not being able to distinguish what is terminology to what is a name of a plug in but DRONE.org gives me a head ache...confusing. i am no brain surgeon...maybe thats the problem...lol. BUT i am no friggin idiot either...i think that this tute was done for the avid maya user and not the normal to beginner....which would be nice,,,,,,,,,,

[robberthesp]

http://www.jeffparrott.com/normalmaptut_01.html

that should explain it..

[garodesign]

I am on Maya 5....... alot different?

[BillSpradlin]

Normal mapping isn't exactly a a beginner level subject. So you are going to have to expect to get your hands dirty with everything that is involved.

[garodesign]

i understand that it isnt a beginner subject but maybe some 1,2,3 type instruction would be cool...does gnomon make a DVD for it??? I tried emailing them today and no response... or maybe another DVD tute???

[robberthesp]

5 is different...it doesnt have the same plugins as 6. I had troubles on 5 because im on a mac but 6 is too easy. The first tutorial reference on drone is the best guess if you wanna figure it out on 5. Good luck!

[Skjoldbroder]

"if your graphic card allows you, turn on 'high quality rendering' under the shading tab in the view. if you cant do this you need a better graphic card..sorry."

hoi.
quite interesting, that! I CAN do it on my radeon 9700. (i was being a muppet) =)
but... which parameter should the normal map be applied to ? assigning it to the bump lets you see it (ish) but not quite right, it'd be nice to have a normalmap shader in maya. does such a thing exist ?

thanks!

[slice56]

yea, im trying to figure out how to view in maya6 as well. My "high quality" rendering is showing a bump, but not showing the actual normal map...just looks like a nice bump ATM.

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