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Maya 2010 - Disp & Normal Maps

ZBrush Usage Questions
#1

What Native ZB3.5r3 UV (PUV, GUV, AUV) works best for rendering Normal and Displacement maps in Maya2010?

What Settings are used?

Also looking for explinations of what all the different Displacement Map settings would be used for. For example,
what situation (application) would use a 3 Channel + 32 bit Displacement?

All Maps are 4096 x 4096
Maps generated (Adaptive & Smooth UV = on)

  1. 3channel = on >create & Export map
  2. 3channel + 32bit = on >create & Export map
  3. Create Disp> Clone> export Alpha
Normal Map (Tangent & Smooth UV = on) what settings to use?
  1. FlipG> create Normal Map
  2. [color=yellowgreen]create Normal Map
#2

I am wondering about this too. I am not normally a Maya user but I have to deliver something in Maya (with normal maps) for a particular client.

I’ve tried Flipping the G channel, and not flipping it, but both normal maps don’t render correctly. My ‘out’ normals seem to be going ‘in’ either way. Odd!

Thanks in advance.