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yossam · May 30, 2016, 08:32:55 PM

An experiment....................

Dune · May 31, 2016, 01:24:16 AM

Pretty cool. Now all you need is a good displacement map for the ground.

AP · May 31, 2016, 02:15:15 AM

Nice Firearms and a clean ground image. I agree with the displacement.

DocCharly65 · May 31, 2016, 02:49:05 AM

Cool! ... and agree with the displacement.

bobbystahr · June 05, 2016, 10:10:06 AM

Agree, nice weapons. Have I mentioned here that there's a plugin for photoshop from NVIDIA that makes what they call 'Normal" maps from colour images that displace really well.

ajcgi · June 06, 2016, 06:33:53 AM

Quote from: bobbystahr on June 05, 2016, 10:10:06 AM
Agree, nice weapons. Have I mentioned here that there's a plugin for photoshop from NVIDIA that makes what they call 'Normal" maps from colour images that displace really well.

Would that be crazybump?

KyL · June 06, 2016, 09:12:40 AM

You don't need to do any of this... Also the result from a heightmap generated from a color, especially at this distance is probably never going to look convincing...

However, as I recognize the texture, here is the link to the pack where it's coming from. There is a proper displacement map. http://real-displacement-textures.com/rdt-sand-pack-1.html

I strongly recommend those maps to anyone interested, they are by far the best soil texture I've seen and works wonderfully with Terragen!

yossam · June 06, 2016, 11:10:35 AM

The bump is applied in both pics. The first at default, .01. The second is at 1. Take your choice.

Dune · June 06, 2016, 11:32:46 AM

What happened to the shadows?

bobbystahr · June 06, 2016, 12:05:55 PM

Quote from: ajcgi on June 06, 2016, 06:33:53 AM
Quote from: bobbystahr on June 05, 2016, 10:10:06 AM
Agree, nice weapons. Have I mentioned here that there's a plugin for photoshop from NVIDIA that makes what they call 'Normal" maps from colour images that displace really well.

Would that be crazybump?

No, it's a free plugin from NVIDIA
https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-adobe-photoshop

see sample from a med res image

yossam · June 06, 2016, 12:57:38 PM

It will not work in CC...............CC has its own bump and normal map generator built in. Tried the bump, haven't tried the normal yet. Will shortly...............

Another render............shadows any better?

yossam · June 06, 2016, 01:24:07 PM

This one has no bump map, has a normal map from CC in the displacement slot.

bobbystahr · June 06, 2016, 01:24:42 PM

The ground looks fine to me; but what happened to the shadows and what is CC?

they seem about the same to me btw

yossam · June 06, 2016, 01:49:12 PM

CC is Photoshop on the cloud...........

And I do not know where the shadows went............and I can't get them back. And I don't know what I did to get rid of them. This is strange...............everything has cast shadows checked, soft shadows is off. There is no cloud cover................just pure sunlight. Any ideas?

Jo Kariboo · June 06, 2016, 02:02:04 PM

Quote from: yossam on June 06, 2016, 01:49:12 PM
CC is Photoshop on the cloud........... And I do not know where the shadows went............and I can't get them back. And I don't know what I did to get rid of them. This is strange...............everything has cast shadows checked, soft shadows is off. There is no cloud cover................just pure sunlight. Any ideas?

In section render do you click on (Do shadows) and the extra render section do you click on (Do ray traced shadows).