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ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

Hi all!
I’m new to zbrush. I made this first model and I want to render it in maya using mental ray.

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It looks like I need displacement map. I would like to have a step by step guide about that covers all I need to know to render my model from zbrush to maya.
Tanks.

#2

ok here’s what you do . first install ZMapper , u can download it from http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/download-center/download-center.html

then install it, and then load your model in ZBrush, put it to its lowest subdivision level, click on ZMapper in the plugins menu, and then click on the button that says breate the normal map. the best quality normal map will be made for you, then u have to export it from the textures menu.

when in maya, load the model in its lowest subd poly level, make it a subDiv sirface and apply a shader with the normal map in the displacement map channel. there are many ways to do this but personally i use RenderMan for maya, it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo comfortable man. DAMN!! so good luck
any questions PM me.:cool:

hope this was helpful

#3

hi
im facing a problm while rendering normal maps in maya too. i mean i can only render em’ thru hardware renderer not the maya renderer. coz wen i do, i c a lot of seams which arent present wen i use hardware renderer.
am i missn’ sumthin?

n why do u place the normal map in the displacemnt channel? isnt it suppose to be in da bump channel with the bump node chaned to tangent object or sumthin?
:confused:

#4

Check out the ZPipeline guides, which are found in the Tutorials forum. One is for Maya.

#5

hi aurick

i very much have the ZB to MAYA guide but it only talks bout generation and rendering of displacemnt maps and not about rendering normal maps in maya.
the only pdf(which i know of) tht talks bout the normal map in detail is the ZMAPPER guidline but again it does not give much detail bout the rendering of it in maya.
there iz another video tutorial for rendering displcmnt and normal map in maya n im having problm with the later part where the renderer is maya hardware.
what i wanna know is how does one render normal maps using the maya default renderer.

Kindly help :cry:

n thank u so much 4 replying :slight_smile: