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# 1 16-11-2006 , 11:05 AM

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Anyone know if there is a way to clean the ZBrush obj's so that Final Gather works with them. I'm trying to do this without adding geometry. When i do a convert to subD then back to poly i get more geometry. Though the subD surface isnt too bad I just hate fine tuning the tesselation for subD's, I kow, I know, I'm lazy sometimes.

In addition, going back to poly from sub d adds geometry. trying to keep the low poly count for animation.

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# 2 16-11-2006 , 11:07 AM

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notice that the obj straight from zbrush doesnt create any occlusion on the plane beneath it. The sphere is there for control in the experiment.

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# 3 18-11-2006 , 10:38 AM

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That is strange, could you post your file and i'll give it a render with one of my Z objects (oh i'm using maya 6 by the way so if you save ita as a ma i'll have a look)

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# 4 23-11-2006 , 06:41 AM

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Here is the file Gster123. As i said earlier, the only way i was able to fix it was to convert to sub D. Being able to use the obj without adding geometry would save me a lot of time. thanks for your help.

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# 5 11-12-2006 , 01:46 AM

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Oh BTW I figured this stupid problem out. When Maya 6 imports an OBJ you need to change its render stats for Final Gather rays to bounce. Just in case annyone else didnt know.