Shadow map of a mesh dress

[MarleneDuval]

hello everybody:matte-motes-asleep-2:

i made a dress with Marvelous designer,and now i got the .obj file. I need to create the shadow map,with blender,but i have no idea of the way to make it!Could somone help me please?Thanks!

[Dilbert Dilweg]

One way is to bake ambient occlusion maps and blend them Or bake the ambient occlusion with a full render

http://cgcookie.com/blender/2010/07/06/tip-baking-ambient-occlusion/

[MarleneDuval]

mmmm i tyied to full render the uv but it comes too much darker...then after that,how can i fit it to the dress?

[Dilbert Dilweg]

Before you texture it . when it is solid white. you have to render the model with ambient occlusion several times till you get the numbers and correct shading you would like. you have to play around with it a bit.....

 

Just sounds like you had the settings too intense. you need to use add instead of multiply maybe..  Use sky lighting instead of white and see how that works. You can bake the AO by it self several times while adjusting it to get the desired llight affect... You could also use lights and just baake shadows. but that to me is more trouble...