CrazyBump beta 8.8

Ryan Clark

Hi all,

CrazyBump Beta 8.8 is available, at www.crazybump.com/beta/upgrade.html

New features include:

- Improved accuracy when loading normal maps.
- New slider for adding noise to specmaps.
- Fixed a bug that caused black pixels to appear in normal maps.

cheers,

-Ryan

sinistergfx

Continually awesome work. Thanks again and again.

Can we get a control for the specular highlight spread?
A slider would be fine for me, but I'm sure some people would like a map input, too.

low odor

thanks ryan

IronHawk

Good stuff Ryan. Is there a auto recover or something for CB? From time to time I get a crash and have to set everything back up again when working on a texture.

Ryan Clark

That's a good idea, IronHawk!

At present, there's no auto-recover. You can save & restore settings, but you have to do it manually. I'll try to hook that up for a future build, though!

Of course, it bothers that you're seeing crashes at all. Do you experience crashing when CrazyBump runs by itself? Or only when it runs alongside other 3D apps? (For the purpose of this question, photoshop CS3 counts as a 3D app.)

Would you mind sending me a dxdiag report from your computer? I am hopeful that I might figure out what's causing the problem.

IronHawk

Next time I get a crash I'll definitely get you a report.

I usually have these apps open. Max 9 , PS CS2, and Silo.

If I have to step away for a break and my power management kicks in shutting down displays I get it more frequently but it has occurred while working on a texture as well. It hasn't happened when CB is focused and being used though.

Ryan Clark

Thanks!

To get a report, just type "dxdiag" at the run prompt, and save a text file. The report just tells me what your driver versions are, because sometimes crashing can turn out to be related to a particular driver.

Murdoc

Cool, great stuff.

Any plans of adding the "Load a ___ Texture" to Displacement and Occlusion?

I love the preview window and find when I go back to paste in my old textures that it produces a different occlusion and displacement, so I'd love to be able to paste in my older ones or custom ones to see what'll do.

Thanks!

BoBo_the_seal

I just want to say great tool. I've been a bit late getting to this but have been using it quite a bit the last few weeks. Love it!

- BoBo

Jesse Moody

Gotta say Ryan you are the man. You have really poured your soul and time into this program and it shows.

Ryan Clark

@Sinistergfx- A specular power slider will be hooked up soon! Thanks!


@Murdoc- Thanks for the suggestion! I will keep it in mind for a future version!


@Bobo & Jesse- Thanks!


@IronHawk- Please give the new beta 8.91 a spin. I'm hopeful that it might fix the crashes you've been seeing: www.crazybump.com/beta/upgrade.html

If beta 8.91 crashes on you, please let me know!

Michael Knubben

Will there be any way of loading a normal-, spec- and diffuse all in one go? Preferably just by dragging and dropping from an explorer-window, with it set to recognise _n/_normal and _d/_diffuse and so on?

Lee3dee

Ryan do you ever sleep?? Awesome 3D App!

Tumerboy

Hey Ryan, i've had an issue for the past update or two, where I can copy my original from Photoshop to CrazyBump no problem. However, trying the "Copy Normal Map" button, only sometimes works. I.e. sometimes when I hit "Copy Normal Map" (or displacement/occ/etc.) Photoshop will recognize it, and I can paste it. However, much of the time, Photoshop's "Paste" option is greyed out, as if there is nothing in the clipboard.

However, if when this happens, and Photoshop doesn't see it, I can hit Open on CrazyBump and it'll paste just fine.

I've only noticed this while working with very large maps (2048's right now)

Ryan Clark

@MightPea:
Good idea, thanks!

@Lee3dee:
I have evolved beyond the need for "sleep."

@Tumerboy:
Try alt-tabbing in and out of Photoshop when that happens. Photoshop's clipboard is kinda buggy. It often fails to sync with the system clipboard. Alt-tabbing prompts PS to re-sync its clipboard.

Tumerboy

I'll try it monday. Thanks Ryan, you rock!

P.S. Stop releasing new versions all the time! Everytime I just want to make a normal map, CrazyBump yells at me to download something new!

vik

Finally gave Crazybump a go and man, I`m lovin` it! Three cheers for Ryan!