can't control Bump/spec maps,basic mistake?
polycounter lvl 18
hey guys
Im pushing to get up there with my fellow great polycounters of the next gen type...but naturally ive hit a brickwall at the bottom run of the ladder and am finding it hard to progress.
My problem is none other than bump and spec maps...Im having a really hard time controlling the intensity of them.
I make the diffuse map..in this case a gritty,rusty enviroment prop object for a gritty scene. I then put a 50% grey over the top and increase decrease the whiteness and darkness of areas as relevent.
I then put the diffuse map in a max material editor slot,spec in the spec slot and bump in the bump slot..whack them all upto 100% and boom...that bump is about what I want (in this case) but the spec is so shiny its almost blinding...yet if I delete that white line down the middle to almost nothing it makes hardly any difference to what I render out in the max viewport....Heres the results
As you can see the spec is far to intense but if I toned that spec down some it would make hardly any difference in the viewport or render.
I have the same problems with bump maps on some of the other objects im doing in this project.
Am i making a simple schoolboy error or is there a certain lighting set-up I need to get the true effects of bump and spec maps?
Thanks for your time as ever guys.
John
Im pushing to get up there with my fellow great polycounters of the next gen type...but naturally ive hit a brickwall at the bottom run of the ladder and am finding it hard to progress.
My problem is none other than bump and spec maps...Im having a really hard time controlling the intensity of them.
I make the diffuse map..in this case a gritty,rusty enviroment prop object for a gritty scene. I then put a 50% grey over the top and increase decrease the whiteness and darkness of areas as relevent.
I then put the diffuse map in a max material editor slot,spec in the spec slot and bump in the bump slot..whack them all upto 100% and boom...that bump is about what I want (in this case) but the spec is so shiny its almost blinding...yet if I delete that white line down the middle to almost nothing it makes hardly any difference to what I render out in the max viewport....Heres the results
As you can see the spec is far to intense but if I toned that spec down some it would make hardly any difference in the viewport or render.
I have the same problems with bump maps on some of the other objects im doing in this project.
Am i making a simple schoolboy error or is there a certain lighting set-up I need to get the true effects of bump and spec maps?
Thanks for your time as ever guys.
John
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Also I find it helps to remove all other ingredients, just focus on a gray or white plain surface with the spec map on it, get that looking col then build upwards with bump,diffuse,etc.