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Slimz
08-04-2003, 02:48 PM
hey ,
i need so help, i ave heard ppl talkin and mentioning this displacement map thing all over but i have no idea what it is ...
can someone explain what it is and how it works .

How do i make a displacement map ?

after i make a model how do i add a displacement map to it .....(using maya 4.5 or 5 )?

so do i make the displacement map in lets say photoshop just like a bumpmap ?
EricChadwick
08-04-2003, 06:28 PM
Topics on the Digital Sculpting Forum:
Programmer wanted for cause
http://cube.phlatt.net/forums/spiraloid/viewtopic.php?TopicID=9
Extraction Detail Sculpting
http://cube.phlatt.net/forums/spiraloid/viewtopic.php?TopicID=581

Olivier Renouard's displacement scripts/tools/tutorials/examples
http://www.drone.org

Owen Robert's DispBake script
http://www.seanomlor.com/owenr/

Mike Bunnell's normalmapper extension (also does displacment)
http://subd.4t.com/normalmapper/

NURBS to displacement
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rimasson/tut/nurbs_2_disp.htm

Sub-D to displacment
http://stabacco.deathfall.com/detail.htm#Preparing%20the%20meshes

Some fun examples...
http://cmpa.ca.scad.edu/faculty/kesson/Ca301/wip/best_fall2001/ca301.4/stephen_kody/project1.htm

(As you can see I've been following this for awhile. I work in 3ds max though, so techniques are a bit different)
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