issue with polygon smooth

Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

Watch

# 1 05-09-2007 , 07:34 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: St. Kitts, Caribbean

Posts: 235

Hey guys,
After shaping my character's body using basic polygons, I decided to smooth the body. When I did, I notice some dark spots (like shadows) around the character's sleeves. It also appears in the render.
Is there any way to solve this problem?

thanks.

Last edited by RockyMills_01; 17-04-2013 at 12:01 AM.

Quote

# 2 05-09-2007 , 09:06 PM

The Maya Mountain
Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: Seattle, WA

Posts: 8,245

try playing with the vertex normals

-Mike
The Maya Toolbelt

Quote

# 3 06-09-2007 , 04:44 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Apr 2005

Location: St. Kitts, Caribbean

Posts: 235

Thanks Mtmckinley for your help. I tried playing with the normals and got nothing. I solve the problem by simply deleting ONE polygon edge. One edge and the problem areas disappear.
I'm curious, how would deleting an edge solve those dark spots??

Thanks anyway

Last edited by RockyMills_01; 17-04-2013 at 12:01 AM.

Quote

# 4 06-09-2007 , 07:42 PM

Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: New York

Posts: 2,133

I usually see things like this happen if, like Mike suggested, if some normals are reversed, or if you have stray verts, resulting from something that was deleted or extruded earlier and overlapping.

"Terminat Bora Diem, Terminal Auctor opus."

Quote

Reply to this thread