does anyone know how to apply the displacement map to the maya fast skin shader? im trying to use my displacement map in maya with sub surface scattering but the set up is different and when i drag the displacement map icon in hypershade over the SSS icon, where it normally says ‘displacement map’ it says ‘bump’ instead. when i select bump it brings up the connection editor window. whats going on? heres a pic of what i mean.
Click on the shading group node in your graph (furthest to the right) then open the attribute editor and expand the mental ray section. You should see a Displacement Shader slot in the Custom Shaders sub-section.
awesome man that worked great, thanks alot
No prob, I had to wrestle with that one too 
ive tried using this but it wont work. im i missing something? hope you can explain in details plsss.
HEy,
Try this tutorial. Basically, you can’t add a displacement map via the Hypershade, with SSS. The slot appears in the attribute editor. You’ll see it in the tut. I managed to do it perfectly once, and the last time I tried it, total disaster.
The things we do for pink ears…
http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/rendering_lighting/shaders/135-3.html
jbakutis, what do you mean? “you can’t add a displacement map via the Hypershade” ? im confuse.
hope you can help me identify whats wrong. seems displacement is not working, i already use the aproximation editor
HEy Chard,
I am still figuring this out, I managed to get it working, and I have my scene(MB) saved, so I’ll get back to you about it. I didn’t forget…
Jbakutis, thanks man… ill wait!!:lol:
Hey,
I told you I’d be back. Actually, I’m surprised your displacement map doesn’t work, because the pic above is how I did it. That list of 3 things…where the green arrow is pointing. I just middle mouse click,hold and drag the “Displacement” box from the Hypershade right over to the Attribute editor(you’ll see a little “+” appear when it’s OK. Then drop it on in…
Did you try that?
Also, the Bump Shader works the same way. Well, let me know if you tried that or not.
BTW, how do you take screenshots from Maya, it would be easier to show.
Thanks jbakutis. ill try one more time, ill be posting a little bit late coz i join the eon contest at cgsociety and deadline is jan 15. i hope i can finish my project.
it would be great if you can take screenshot. i use snag it or mr.captor. but you can use your screenshot in your keyboard. beside F12 (Prt Scr) in your keyboard.
Thanks for holding:)
when I drop my working dis node there I get this
Error: (Mayatomr.Nodes) : misss_fast_skin_maya1SG: invalid connection to mental ray material slot: displacementShader1, use regular Maya slots for Maya nodes //
there are 2 spots that say displacement :o use the top one
there are 2 spots that say displacement :o use the top one