Also, please forgive the newbie question, but how do I use these shaders?
They're amazing, but once I download them... do I just put them in my Maya folder in any particular spot?

Thanks!! :D:D

I have tried everything in the light settings and cannot make the shadow fade out. I played with material, lighting etc. In Lightwave, the only way to achieve this type of shadowing is with Shadow...

Right now the shadows are set to Raytrace, but I believe they should be a shadow map, no?

Does the light intensity have anything to do with it? Also, does the decay in the light also have anything...

5.0 for OSX
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I recently got a copy of learning evaluation edition of Maya along with a book I purchased at Barnes & Noble. I have been trying to follow the tutorials for modeling, etc. but there aren't many on...

I saw that there was a plugin on Alias Wavefront's site for importing 3DSM models into Maya. I downloaded the file, and got:

3dsImport.lib

What am I supposed to do with this now?
Thanks for...