ToTex - Render To Texture Tool

OutOfInspiration

"ToTex" is a render to texture script that gives you the ability to quickly bake multiple textures to a folder.
ToTex will start baking all the wanted maps with the chose selections and will save it to the specified folder.

you can download ToTex from this site:
http://www.sven.fraeys.be/portfolio/?page_id=656



ToTex is a great tool that can bake complex maps:
- Light Trace Ambient Occlusion (with ground plane
- Top Down Gradient
- Element Map

ToTex gives great control when baking:
- Projection
- Previewing your results with Xoliul shader
- Max Merging
- Render Presets

I hope this tool will help you in your texturing process.

If you have any great ideas that I can embed in ToTex do let me know and I'm more than happy to work on it!

you can download ToTex from this site:
http://www.sven.fraeys.be/portfolio/?page_id=656

Video Tutorials
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwAg_jTraw"]ToTex 2.0 Features[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62RVqnoaK34&feature=related"]ToTex 1.0 Features and workflow[/ame]

Racer445

I've been using this for a while and it's absolutely fantastic. It makes baking easier to setup for the layperson and quicker for the expert.

funkdelic

This is awesome mate, gonna download right now!

SpeCter

I wish there was 3Point Shader compatibility

Aside from that, very neat tool

renderhjs

very nice UI improvements- this is super learn and user friendly. And the UI is not to big for daily or advanced users.

Spicypixel

SpeCter wrote: »

I wish there was 3Point Shader compatibility

Aside from that, very neat tool

+1
First thing I thought too. That said it's a very nice tool!

[HP]

I'll make sure I'll give this one a shot!

ah_lex

Any chance of Curvature maps?

OutOfInspiration

thanks all for liking and using this tool and yeah the usability improved a lot these past weeks (thanks renderhjs for the perfect feedback)

I'll see what I can do for the 3 point shader. Don't think it will be that difficult to implement it so i'll start working on it asap.

Curvator maps is also on my checklist...but I don't know what the best way is to make those? Is their like a plug-in that most people use? or is it like setting your material to good settings and then baking that out..

I'm currently working with a classmate on a new version so that xNormal is combined for Ambient Occlussion and cavity maps (think it is the same as curvator maps?)

So more information about these topic more than welcome! or some new suggestions about totex.

thanks
Sven

SpeCter

Getting it to work with 3Point Shader(Pro and Light) would make you my hero

Spicypixel

Working together with xnormal for things might make it too good :P

Davision3D

very nice tool.
rendering world normal maps would be great.
There is a bug with the "+" on the "normal" thumb button, it opens the AO (lighttrace) popup. In the checkbox list the + works right.

OutOfInspiration

SpeCter: working on it so far it works well but need some more information about the pro...i'll PM you.

Spicypixel: xNormal will take some time to implement but we are getting there.

Davision3D: thanks for the bug, fixed it.

I'm currently adjusting the element map so it also works with projection.
After that i'll finish up 3point and post a new version

more idea's more than welcome and thanks for the likes.

pixelherder

using 3ds max 2010 - 64 bit, on windows 7 64 bit

keep getting "MAXscript rollout handler exception
- unknown property: "checked" in undefined"

any idea what might be going wrong here? (apologies if its something i've screwed up!)

Ruz

I couldn't turn off the red colour for missed rayscating in the RTT. Is that possible?
great tool though

Shogun3d

Very cool idea, I look forward to trying this out!

Serp

This tool is awesome I love it. Click on a button, click on copy, then paste it into ps. Amazing. I use it with textools. That gradient bake should be useful for guns, making a gradient go down the handle to signify wear.

OutOfInspiration

all thanks for the good response, I am currently rebuilding the whole system and almost done with it. So I hope to release something in the near future. It will be more stable and faster.

@Ruz: Is correct the default colors stay on, I ll add extra parameters for the baking.

@perna: Yes it was my goal to add communication bridge with photoshop. But takes a long time to develop...think I will need to find extra assistance but I did not knew that you could do it with dotnet! so that will go a lot faster, thanks.
ToTex has blended Render functionality that blends several maps baked in one session together as one.

@Serp: thanks, the gradient map was a new one that I did not knew, it was a technique that I learned from Michael Knubben (3d artist).

@PixelHerder : Like I said current version is kinda buggy, new release will be more stable!

RictusGrin

Looking forward to the next release!

Ace-Angel

Yay for next release, good luck mate!

r_fletch_r

i remember reading you were looking at integrating XNormal support? any joy with that.
I got the basics done but gave up... (that XML file T_T)

Ruz

cool, This really helped me on my laste freelance gig, ie baking material id masks. good stuff

n88tr

Is this a max-only tool?

Nysuatro

Let me know if you need more feedback!
You know where to find me

OutOfInspiration

Yes it is an only 3ds max tool.
Thanks all, tried to post something new as soon as possible But I am afraid that xNormal feature will be for the later future.

devingeesr

no link for me to download

OutOfInspiration

Oh sorry, I ve been working on my site, and moved ToTex back to my portfolio website. The links are updated

devingeesr

cool thanks are you going to update when the xoliul 2 comes out in about a week?

OutOfInspiration

I will put it on the to-do list
Problem is that I would like to release the new ToTex asap. But it will be a downgrade compared to the previous version at the moment. Since everything is being rebuild from scratch.

But I am considering launching a Beta version for people who are interested in instant feedback and requests.

Let s hope I ll get it moving

SpeCter

If you are going for that beta thing , count me in

devingeesr

yeah me too! I would love to be a part of that!

mLichy

id be interested in testing as well

Stromberg90

I would also love to test it

OutOfInspiration

Cool

I would like to launch out the first beta version of ToTex 3.0

You can download it here. Some features are not yet up to date with the 2.0 version. But I am certain that it will grow in the next weeks.

Download

Let me know how it goes