Crazybump Beta 4

Ryan Clark

Hi all,

New CrazyBump is ready: www.crazybump.com/beta/CrazyBumpSetup.exe

changes include:

-A pretty new renderer (requires dx9)

-View your own model in the preview window (.X format is working. Other formats are forthcoming.)

-Batch processing of normal maps

-Customizable prefix and suffix for saving files. (eg: "Normals from Myimage.tga")

-A button to invert the 3D analysis, in case you picked the wrong one.

-Fixed the noise in the displacement-sharpen slider.

-Fixed a compatibility problem with TIFs

Tumerboy

awesome, thanks man!

Snowfly

great update! beta 3's already found it's way into our pipeline, the .x import just cements it. I'm looking forward to a collada loader.

doc rob

SWEET!!

MoP

Very cool, thanks

Ryan Clark

After .X and Collada, what other mesh formats would be most useful for CrazyBump to view?

Rob Galanakis

You are awesome.

rooster

obj for sure!
great work

Jesse Moody

Edit: hmm this is odd. i have dx installed and i get Cannot find 'OSDialog.dll'. Please, re-install this application. Error

Yeah OBJ for sure.

Nice job Ryan. Another sweet update for the community. Two thumbs up and a couple high fives and air guitars.

Sage

fbx or xsi would be nice.

Alex

Snowfly

well i already suggested collada since it plays well with ue3, and it'll be great to see if the same assets that go into the engine can be loaded into crazybump intact.

i second FBX and OBJ as well.

Ryan Clark

Hey,

I have a question for artists using Collada.

I see the format can contain non-triangulated meshes. Is that something you guys actually use?

Just wondering whether support for triangulated meshes is enough, or whether you'll be wanting to preview on non-triangulated meshes also.

thanks,

-Ryan

rooster

we're using collada at work, not in conjunction with normal mapping but we do find the non-triangulation handy- it means if need be we can go and edit an exported file without having to quadrangulate it (which doesnt always work right)

my opinion is that it would be a small inconvenience having to triangulate a model to view it because you might have reason to keep exports in quads

nacire

Hey there Ryan! Great app! I'm a first time user and I gotta say it's great for getting a nice normal map out of a 2d source! I'll definitely keep using this.

Ryan Clark

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it would be a small inconvenience having to triangulate a model to view it because you might have reason to keep exports in quads

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Very good! Non-triangulated Collada will be supported then. Thanks!

beancube

thanks mate!

Sa74n

thanks!

Lee3dee

thanks Ryan!

EarthQuake

cool stuff, yeah OBJ is all i would need.

MoP

Just putting in another thumbs up for OBJ.
The new "shadows and displacement" updates are cool, nice to see the noise/banding is gone

Ghostscape

Was paste from clipboard removed? I'm trying to paste a 1500x1500 image into Crazybump and it isn't working

Ryan Clark

Hi GhostScape,

What you're seeing is a Photoshop bug. Fortunately, there's a patch!

Just install the "unlimited clipboard" patch, from the "goodies" folder on your Photoshop disc.

Ryan Clark

Hi all,

I've just posted a 4.1 update. It loads Collada and .OBJ models, and it fixes some compatibility bugs.

http://crazybump.com/beta/CrazyBumpSetup.exe

cheers,

-Ryan

xysdf

ryan - thank you very much!

kat

Support for ASE files as well perhaps?

Ruz

nice ryan. yuo must release the full version soon:)

Ghostscape

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Hi GhostScape,

What you're seeing is a Photoshop bug. Fortunately, there's a patch!

Just install the "unlimited clipboard" patch, from the "goodies" folder on your Photoshop disc.

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I didn't install the patch but restarting photoshop fixed the problem. I Crazybump

malcolm

Used crazy bump for the first time recently, saved my life thanks so much for making this tool.

Ryan Clark

Thanks guys

I've just posted a NEW beta test - version 4.4

-Drag & drop files to open them.
-Load heightmaps into the normals mixer.
-The mixer can adjust the strength of the original map.
-Save 16-bit displacement maps.
-Save normals and displacement together in an RGBA texture.
-Batch processing actually works now!

You can grab the new beta from crazybump.com

Also, for folks who haven't seen CrazyBump yet I posted a short YouTube video to demonstrate the program!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohchkP-9oxo

Joao Sapiro

crazy work ryan

Xaltar

Yeah, great work dude this just keeps getting better. I think you really should look at making an official release. There are more than enough features to make this usefull to buy already and any further updates could be free to paid owners. You definately need to start reaping some reward for your work.

Ged

nice! it works great, I just made a little wiimote with all photoshopd normal maps thanks to crazy bump hehe

Ryan Clark

Thanks, y'all!

CrazyBump is definitely getting close to a release version. (Not to worry - there will be a free trial so nobody will get caught by surprise when the beta test ends.) I owe a debt of gratitude to you guys for testing the software, reporting bugs, and suggesting improvements!

Speaking of which... yet another beta version is up for testing!

Beta 4.5 adds support for .ASE format meshes, and the ability to pan the camera.

You can grab it from www.crazybump.com

Joao Sapiro

team up with jogshy and make the best program on earth ! crazybump has saved me hours of work !

EarthQuake

Thats great news man. Have you decided on pricing yet, and how will liscences work?

IronHawk

Thanks again for all the hard work Ryan. I'll be buying a copy when it's released.