Displacement issues....Mudbox to Maya

[reiterman0613]

I started a new project which is a simple treasure chest. I set up a blog for those who can help me with the issues that I am having. The quick and ugly version is this: .tif files won't render in mental ray, I am getting opacity issues with the model and the maps, and I might have UV issues that might be hurting me at render. I have everything set up in my blog with images. If anyone can help me, I will forever be in your debt.

-Rob-
http://reitermanr.blogspot.com/

[RobinB]

In response to the error message you're getting. Mudbox saves tifs with compression and I understand Maya doesn't support that. So you'll have to load the file up in Photoshop and resave it without compression.

That might be a good start, but might not be the issue.

[reiterman0613]

Thanks. I did the environment variable to set up no compression, but it didn't work. So, I manually did it in Photoshop, I just re-saved the .tif with no compression. Now I don't get any errors, but no displacement shows up. I did the texture just like I seen in the tutorials. So I don't know what else it could be.

[Wayne]

Have you tried using OpenEXR instead? I always prefer it for displacement.

Wayne...

[reiterman0613]

Thanks Wayne. Now, I tried the openexr....i still get nothing in the render window. I have the shader network setup like in the tutorials. I did the approximation editor, I have the file attached to it, but still get nothing.

-Rob-

[reiterman0613]

I got it. Thanks Wayne, thanks Robin. I got everything under control....for now. I'll hit you guys up soon!

-Rob-

[RobinB]

Glad you got it sorted.

Would you mind sharing what you did to fix it? Might save someone else having the same problem.

[montypython]

Now, if you can get Mbx 2010, Wayne's plug-in ought to work to solve any Mbx-Maya transfer issues, or at least most of them.