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Xen0sis
06-26-2005, 12:47 AM
I want to create a snowy mountain top scene, but I really have no idea of how to do decent texturing.. When i apply somekinda rock texture it's all flat and looks nothing like anything realistic..

I know i have to do something with bump etc. but what ever i do nothing look good...

I did a little searching around the forum and found a topic where are user named Dave Black posted some really nice renders...

(http://cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=117715)
Link to topic (http://cgtalk.com/showpost.php?p=1099744&postcount=3)


How did he make it look that realistic??
Myliobatidae
06-26-2005, 05:22 AM
I used a falloff material to create this, using the objects Z, so where ever there are horizontal areas, thats where the snow will pile up, just like real life, and used a rocky texture for the bottom material...
Rockin
06-26-2005, 12:48 PM
You should pay attention to creating realistic materials.. carefully balance the specular, bump and all the other caracteristics of a material.

I know this was a general answer,.. but that's how it goes with general questions :)

To create a non-flat material, you should dig into bump mapping and also displacement mapping(mantal ray has a fairly good support for this)
Xen0sis
06-26-2005, 10:52 PM
Okay..

Can anyone then suggest any tutorials on bump mapping and so on, that could be usefull for this little project??
Rockin
06-27-2005, 02:09 PM
Yes.. The tutorials that come with Max, it's all there!
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