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joe_blowdog
13 posts

21 Jan 2006
I am just getting into Normal mapping and would like to know what the rest of you guys out there have or have not done with baking maps onto objects, good example is the new zbrush baking tool wich will give you that amazing detail without all the geometry. Is there any way to acomplish this with max alone? can it be done easier than the tutorial?(i find tutorials rob me of the childish hapiness i get from animating. )OH well, thought id throw this out there - thanks.
Franklyn
553 posts

21 Jan 2006
normal mapping in max is not as hard as you would think .. i dont know much about zmapper but i do know that you can ue zburhs in conjunction with max to generate normal maps.
heres a good intro to normal mapping http://download.autodesk.com/media/MNE/ ... s_300k.mov
Jake
212 posts

22 Jan 2006
Haven't read this myself yet, but Ben Mathys' stuff is usually quite good.
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/n ... rkflow.htm
joe_blowdog
13 posts

23 Jan 2006
hey thanks you guys this has been very helpfull i am now attempting some of this stuff myself and will post my attempts.