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carsonmorton
07-05-2006, 08:08 PM
I took one of my models from XSI and worked with it in Zbrush. I've tried following any tutorials I can find and exported the mesh and the displacement map into XSI.

when I plug the map into the texture and render it out my model seems to have exploded.
anyone know about this? I've never done much with displacement maps

thanks
JDex
07-05-2006, 08:12 PM
More info please... screenshots before/after, a look at the rendertree an geometry approx settings would be helpful.
carsonmorton
07-05-2006, 08:28 PM
i've never done displacement maps before, so i really dont know what i'm doing...
carsonmorton
07-05-2006, 08:29 PM
and here are the settings...
themick_g
07-05-2006, 09:20 PM
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=361730&highlight=z-brush
http://www.digitaltutors.com/store/product.php?productid=1128&cat=29&page=1
sometimes the 'search this forum' functioncould be very helpful! enter z-brush!
cheers
mick
3DQUAKERS
07-06-2006, 05:31 AM
Carson, plug the image into an Intensity node which plugs into Displacement. You can now refine the amount of displacement.
You might also need to use a Color Correction node to modify the range of colors to be displaced. Note that the rezolution of the Disp Map plays a big role in the quality of the final render.
carsonmorton
07-06-2006, 08:19 AM
mick, I accually looked at those links you listed before posting. I tried re-exporting thing several different ways several different times. no luck...

I havn't been able to find a few of the options and windows that you guys listed in your process.

quake, you mentioned a colour correction. the map that i get from Zbrush doesn't have colours, it's just different shades of grey. I have a feeling this is part of the problem.
themick_g
07-06-2006, 03:06 PM
If you really want to use Z-brush and XSI, you should spent the money for the Digital Tutors DVD, its full of workflowtips and more than worth the money!
cheers
mick
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