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Gibbz
05-17-2004, 05:37 AM
im looking if they exist for a some plugins...

1) like bevel and emboss(styles) but makes a hieght map instead(for bump maps/normal maps in 3d)

2) advanced bevel and embos where i can edit on a graph the shape of the object i want to make

3) deform mesh kinda tool wher eit overlays a grid or something so i can diform a picture by adding curves etc...
dg
05-17-2004, 06:08 AM
1.) Exactly like a Normal map or something like this ¬

http://dgmedia.port5.com/tips/ps_03.JPG

If like a normal map, try the nVidia Adobe PhotoShop Normal Map Plug-in insted, that you can download here (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html)


2.) What do you mean some different from those avaliable in PS ¬

http://dgmedia.port5.com/tips/ps_01.JPG


3.) I think Liquify tool will do the trick, even tho it's not a envolope or deform cage tool it works just fine.

http://dgmedia.port5.com/tips/ps_02.JPG


See ya,
dg
Gibbz
05-17-2004, 06:19 AM
i mean not bevel and embos, but a hieght map its simmilar thing but no lighting on there(the higher the pixels(representation) the whiter they are....


how did u bring up the custom contour tool thing?

i guess liquify could work
wolver1ne
05-17-2004, 06:19 AM
3. Squizz (http://www.humansoftware.com/pages1200/Squizz/HSsquizz11.html)

http://www.humansoftware.com/imanew/squizz/eagl2_grid4dlg.jpg
dg
05-17-2004, 06:37 AM
Simply click on the contour icon ;)

Try the nvidia plugin then, I think it's just what you want

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html

Cheers,
dg
Gibbz
05-17-2004, 06:48 AM
hrmm i have that but i want to create the bump map to convert to a normal map ;)
Ian Jones
05-17-2004, 10:11 AM
Adobe After Effects has a bezier grid distortion... so therefore due to marketing they won't introduce it to photoshop.
dg
05-17-2004, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by Gibbz
hrmm i have that but i want to create the bump map to convert to a normal map ;)

I don't get you point there mate, sorry I'm not Bill Murray but I'm might be lost in translation :D

You don't mean something like this?

http://dgmedia.port5.com/tips/Bump_090.jpg
halo
05-17-2004, 09:24 PM
erm...do you gain anything be going from bump to normal? surely the normal map will only contain the same info as the bump but just in a different format...how would you get in the extra information that a normal map allows for ie the hieght measured in all 3 axis rather than just in the normal of the face as a bump would...
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