Whichever plug in you use, you can use the bump texture created above as the basis for your normal map. There is a basic plug in by Nvidia, bit if you want more control then nDo works very well. You can create normal maps from scratch in Photoshop, but it's frankly a lot easier to use a plug in. The results should be more precise and much cleaner. Finally add a slight Gaussian blur as before. Fill the base layer with white and flatten. To get a cleaner look use the circular marquee tool to create precise circles on a new layer and line them up with those in the original texture. When it comes to applying the displacement map to your Thea material, you may find that the displacement is a bit rough around the edges (see below). You don't want to displace all the fine detail, so use the marquee tool to block fill everything but the holes and then use a small soft brush to paint out the remaining detail surrounding the holes.įinally soften the edges with a little Gaussian blur (Filter>Blur>Gaussian blur). Bear in mind that the white areas will be displaced and the black areas will be recessed. Adjust the slider until all you can see are nice clean casting holes. You can use your bump texture as the basis for a displacement map. If you don't want a lot detail then you can exaggerate the light tones even further with some added contrast. Reflectance Mapsįor the reflectance map you start by desaturating your seamless texture (Shift + Ctrl + U) and then use levels to exaggerate the contrast in the dark range.įor bump use the same technique, but shift the tones towards the lighter range. You can however achieve perfectly acceptable results using image editing software like Photoshop. When creating these textures I personally prefer to use an application such as Shadermap, Pixplant or Crazy Bump, as you can change textures on the fly and preview how they will appear in your rendering application. I'll now go over the process of creating reflection, bump, displacement and normal maps for use with Thea Render and other 3D rendering software packages. The included Photoshop plug-in works in Adobe Photoshop CC series down to CS 6 and any other compatible 64-bit hosts.">Part 3 - Reflectance, Bump, Displacement Maps PixPlant 3 is a 64-bit application available for Windows 10 / 8 / 7 or Vista. PixPlant remains DRM-Free: no activation or online connection is required to run PixPlant. Many other improvements, optimizations and better stability. A "more modern" user interface with two skins. PixPlant 3 includes project files, storing the open files and settings, so that you can return and continue work at any time. Ambient Occlusion rendering from a displacement map. Texture and 3D maps can now be edited in an external application with results returned to PixPlant. Whole image/surface adjustments as well as pixel editors for image editing and displacement sculpting. Fully editable 3D maps with specific tools for each kind. Revamped 3D preview area with new options, displacement rendering and custom model loading. Easy to use Seed Wizard in the Texture area simplifying seed image preparation. Version 3 of PixPlant includes many new features and improvements: PixPlant is being used by well-known companies in many contexts where seamless 3D maps are important, like architectural and interior design, visual effects, 3D virtual prototyping and game development. 3D map changes are instantly rendered in a 3D Preview with displacement and parallax-mapping, supporting your custom 3D models. PixPlant includes tools for whole-surface editing at fine and coarse level, as well as pixel-level tools for specific precise adjustments. Displacement, Normal, Diffuse, Specular and Ambient Occlusion maps - all the extracted 3D maps can then be fine-tuned with the included editing tools.Įdit Displacement, Normal, Diffuse, Specular and AO maps at multiple scales. PixPlant includes tools to extract 3D maps from photos or from its own generated seamless tiling images. Based on photos, PixPlant adds unlimited choice of realistic materials for your projects: pick an interesting photo, run PixPlant and get a perfect seamless 3D texture. It is highly automated with most textures created in only a few clicks. PixPlant quickly creates seamless textures from photos. PixPlant includes everything needed to quickly transform a common photo into seamlessly tiling 3D maps - it will save you a lot of time! Continue reading to learn more about what makes PixPlant stand apart. PixPlant is a smart 3D texturing tool that creates and edits seamless textures and 3D maps. PixPlant 3.0.15 (圆4) | Standalone and Plug-in | 35.9 MB
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