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1. Re: specular maps and normal maps

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Nov 2005 · Home› Stickies

   Well Daz, the result turned out great. That's all that matters! Did you use any color in his spec map, or was it purely an intensity map? On the same site as Daz's tutorial, there's also an old tutorial from J-J-J Mortimer. He has some info about specular color, though it looks like he used two maps as combo specular and…

2. Re: specular maps and normal maps

   

   Reply by Keg · Nov 2005 · Home› Stickies

   http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/tutorials/light01.htm Set of tutorials talking about the properties of light. might be useful for some

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   Reply by dejawolf · Oct 2006 · Home› Stickies

   http://www.onona3d.com/pdf/texturing.pdf a very good beginner tutorial on various shaders, surfaces, and such.

4. Re: specular maps and normal maps

   

   Reply by Daz · Nov 2005 · Home› Stickies

   Hey animatr, I have some thoughts about creating specular maps here: http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/maya/character/index6.php

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   Reply by snap.crackle.pop · Nov 2006 · Home› Stickies

   [ QUOTE ] http://www.onona3d.com/pdf/texturing.pdf a very good beginner tutorial on various shaders, surfaces, and such. [/ QUOTE ] Great dejawolf, i seen this sometime ago and lost the link. Thanks

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   Reply by clee101 · Apr 2007 · Home› Stickies

   Thanks alot Eric! ohh yeah, I saw those quake 4 tutorials too. I actually learned alot from those. I just skimmed thru those and I havent read into it in depth. Ill continue to study more into it and test things out. Thanks again.

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   Reply by monkeyboy_garth · Dec 2007 · Home› Stickies

   [ QUOTE ] From what I recall you created a light rig consisting of a red, blue and green light within maya, this rig lights the 3D mesh you'd like to use as a base for the map. Cheers. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, I remember seeing exactly the same thing. I can't remember where I saw it though.…

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   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Nov 2005 · Home› Stickies

   Hahha Daz, not so astute if I didn't actually absorb your words the first time. Good tutorial, especially (for me) the image-reference section. I still don't understand the yellow-tendency thing. Per had a good point, in that other thread: -Specular is additive, and adding grey to anything retains the existing saturation.…

9. Re: specular maps and normal maps

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Nov 2005 · Home› Stickies

   I like to generate a heightmap at the same time I generate a normal map, which I find works great as an overlay or multiply layer on top of the specular, so the specular doesn't show in the deep cracks. If the heightmap doesn't look good, I'll generate an ambient occlusion map (AO) instead. I also like to multiply this on…