hello, i am new to maya but thanks to my best friend, and little tutorials i have found online i am really able to make my own 3d model, and it looks nice in secondlife too!
i thank all of you for the information you left in these forums.
what i am really having trouble with is baking textures using maya and turtle. i have found the tutorials they have on there website and have tried going through some of them, but i look around online and i just cannot find what i need to know on how to bake a texture with turtle. could someone who knows please give some information on what steps that you should take to get your object some nice lighting and also how to bake in turtle? there are alot of options and i am very new at it. i did find a tutorial on how to bake in mental ray if anyone would like it.:
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/vbarticles.php?do=article&articleid=17
i have always wanted to ask aswell, why is there not a list of maya tutorials that are out there , and all of this maya information not put into one spot? or maybe it is and i have not seen it. anyway, i thank you for your time and wish you the best weather or not you can help me