If anybody is interested, I found a work-around for making it higher resolution while searching online.

Do the texture baking in "tiles", so you end up with 4 textures that are each 1024x1024 and...

Hey guys,

I've run into a pretty annoying problem when trying to bake some lighting onto part of a model. Using Maya 6.5 and software rendering with a dome lighting setup.

The Convert to...

can't recall it's name, but there's a program on Highend3D.com that will convert the MB to whatever maya version you want. not sure if it's been updated to 7, but you could try anyhow.

could be wanting you to define something in Windows' Environment Variables. Go to Control Panel -> System ->Advanced tab-->click on Environment Variables.

Hopefully you'll find "alias_workenv" in...

first be sure that you turn off Double-sided in the object's render attributes. Then select the faces which are facing the wrong way, and go to edit polygons->normals->reverse
That'll switch the...

Do you already have the Mental Ray plugin for Maya 4.5? If so, make sure it's in the right directories and enable it in the Plug-in Manager.

not sure what you're really asking with your edge extrusion problem, so all I'll suggest is that you try enabling Polygons-->Tool Options-->Keep New Faces Together. This will keep new extuded polies...

tried File->Optimize Scene Size ?

I haven't used it for a while, so bare with me here as I guess my way through it.

In that screen that showed up, where you get the light options, just choose some of them. I'd probably use...

In the eye-brow's object attributes, find the Render Stats section and uncheck "casts shadows".