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Re: 4SAMPLES 3x3 5x5 PRE3x3 PRE5x5 SO3x3 SO5x5 - Explain?
Pre = Prewit So = Sobel Both are Edge Detection Algorithms. I´m not sure about the first ones, but i think they used a more direct approach calculating the normalmap. 3x3 and 5x5 would then pick a pixel and you use the neighbouring pixels to determine the height difference between them which gives you your z axis vector.… -
Re: [Dillema] CrazyBump epic win, max, xnormal fail??
Short answer: Not all normal maps are the same. Every render engine is a little different requiring slightly different maps. Longer answer: (Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm off) The different color channels RGB mean different things to different rendering engines. Each channel pushes pixels one way or another. A… -
Re: Importing .SMD for animation
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Re: Made a High Poly Tire Tread, What Now?
Not sure how to word this, but how is the eat3d guide you suggested not modelling flat? Do the grips on the tread only get placed in a circualar patern around the cilinder, rather than stretched/bending their respective verts about an axis? -
Re: 3ds max user learning XSI
1. It's a limitation of the Lasso selection tool I'm afraid. I never got that to work as well... If I need to select half of a mesh, I generally just go into wireframe mode and use the regular rectangle selection tool, or turn of "Raycast in Shaded mode". 2. I take it you are using the snap mode? If you want to prevent… -
Re: Height Map and World Machine
Note that in ZBrush you can constrain brushes to a single axis via Transform > Modifiers if you want to sculpt only in the up axis for heightmaps. Though it doesn't matter a great deal if you have a little overhang by not doing this. -
Re: [Source] de_cistern
the colors represent 2d vectors x and y or U and V, mid point of 0.5 on both channels would be do nothing. below .5 would be negative movement on that axis, above would be positive moment on that axis. think you will want to look at this thread. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105399 also there is a imbueFX… -
Re: 3D Studio Max Snap To Vertex Question
if you hadn't cut the hole yet you could've also used the face constraint in the editable poly -> edit geometry tab thingie. but axis constraints are probably a more fail-proof way :D -
Re: 'Vertex' Tutorial - How would you do this unwrap?
I'd pelt/relax then align the vertices to their respective axis. as for the crotch it's probably manually edited so there is nothing overlapping. -
Re: ShoeBox: 2d gamedev tools
@Eric: Yeah those multiple sections are because of a uneven gradient / threshold in the settings. That's why I want manual input so you can override or exclude some parts. But in the Android app "9-Patch App" which is part of the Android SDK this would be perfectly doable. It would just distribute the stretch to all sub -…
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