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    • boofredlayB Offline
      boofredlay
      last edited by

      Working with Vray there is a texture in the standard SU library that I would like to bump. What is the best way to get a bumpmap of an skm?
      Thanks.

      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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      • soloS Offline
        solo
        last edited by

        Export it as a .jpg. open in your editor, greyscale it and use as a bump map.

        http://www.solos-art.com

        If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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        • boofredlayB Offline
          boofredlay
          last edited by

          No seriously, it has to be harder than that πŸ˜†

          Add this to my D'oh list.

          Thanks.

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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          • honoluludesktopH Offline
            honoluludesktop
            last edited by

            Solo, Thanks for the tut.

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            • R Offline
              remus
              last edited by

              If your feeling really lazy you could even use jims grayscale plugin. (on second thoughts, im not sure if it can convert single materials πŸ˜‰ )

              http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                No seriously, it has to be harder than that πŸ˜†

                Well, doing so you MAY get a good ("usable") bump map. Not every image's greyscale will work "ideally" so you may still need to "tweak" it (make a negative if the mortar is lighter than the brick for instance - just to name an "easy one" - etc.)

                Gai...

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                • boofredlayB Offline
                  boofredlay
                  last edited by

                  Definitely.

                  I am just surprised I forgot (yes forgot) that I could just right click the little bugger and save as a jpeg

                  http://czechmatediary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/embarrassed.png

                  http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                  • S Offline
                    ScottPara
                    last edited by

                    Best program I have found yet for making bump, normal, and specular maps. Works flawlessly and is very reasonable.

                    CrazyBump

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                    (crazybump.com)

                    Scott

                    Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      That app definitely deserves mentioning. πŸ‘
                      I used to play around with it in its Beta phase and once I am in a serious need, I'll definitely invest the cost.

                      Gai...

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                        ScottPara
                        last edited by

                        It is worth every penny.

                        Scott

                        Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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                        • C Offline
                          Click Draw
                          last edited by

                          OK....probably a silly question but when do you use bump instead of displace in V-Ray for SU? I'm just now getting the time to mess with V-Ray πŸ˜„
                          Thanks,
                          Jeff

                          Have I mentioned how much of a laugh I get out of some of the Signatures on here!

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