Software Discussion

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Jonathan
480 posts

23 May 2008
In 3dsMax, is it possible to have two materials blend together based on vertex color, something you can do for terrain, for example, so you have a tiled materials being blended together to reduce the tiling effect?

Thanks amigos.
modestmodeler
186 posts

24 May 2008
Not sure about how 3dsmax does weight maps but in XSI and maya you can have the object be a base color, and plug a painted weight map into the alpha of the material you want on top. i'm sure someone will come along and explain how max specifically does it
anim84food
9 posts

14 Aug 2008
Max has a vertex color map. You can use a mix map in your map slot (diffuse, opacity, etc.), load your 2 textures in slots 1 and 2 of the mix, then use the vertex color map as your mix amount. Vertices that are white will display map 1, vertices that are black will display map2.