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Re: Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax
another alternative method is to use a basic normal map shader - paint into the map with photoshop (rtt a sphere to a plane normal map gives a good palette picker) or a 3d paint app (to give you your "real time" interface) then do a map to map channel (IIRC there a free plug that does this) then do a map channel to normals… -
Re: Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax
I was thinking about giving it a go, especially since you probably could also go the other way round and convert your vertex normals to hair guides (again), but I would have to lean heavily on ChatGPT or similar for it if I don't want it to take forever with my rudimentary knowledge base, and I don't know how we feel about… -
Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax
Hello there ! I was wondering if one could paint vertex normals in 3dsmax using a brush system, not necessarily the one used to do vertex paint as this might have different needs, I'm thinking about something like hairstyling (in terms of UX), and smooth, pinch, average, weighted, masks types (limit to front faces, limit… -
Re: Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax
Not aware of any, either. Kinematic LAB has a normal texture painter, though, that also can transfer the colors to VrayFur, so maybe you could calculate vertex normals from that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz0Jy0q3WeU Other than that, as a basic idea: Have your base mesh, smoothing groups and all. Make a copy where… -
Re: Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax
I really like that idea of using the freeform brushes on hair & fur guides to drive normals, but I'm probably the least skilled scripter here. It's a tool I use a lot to edit organic models like hairstyles, and my interest in being able to freely edit normals goes first into this kind of assets, not sure how relevant it…
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