Anyone use Crazybump for Normal Mapping? : IV

» Mon May 02, 2011 6:46 pm

I foudn this and it is a great program, only problem is it makes my textures way way to glossy ans shiny, how do I bring down the shiny gloss?

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:59 am

Maybe you need to find a program called "Fairly Wacky, but clinically sane Bump"?

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:36 am

Ha ha, I figured it out though.

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:21 am

What do you think?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/scottypma/NormalAwesome.png

Hint:THose are Barabus Imperial Housing meshes!!! :whisper:

Don't worry I'll be sure to credit him if I release this work. :goodjob:

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:37 pm

Looking nice!:)
Less gritty than Nvidia's.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:29 am

I foudn this and it is a great program, only problem is it makes my textures way way to glossy ans shiny, how do I bring down the shiny gloss?

I recomend you to save the normal maps as DX1, it should ease your problem.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:39 pm

all i did was save them then ope in gimp, change the transparency.

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:32 am

shiny texture = white alpha channel in normal map. either open the crazybump file in PS/GIMP and resave as DTX1, or do so in the save dialog of Crazybump.

just for the record

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:52 pm

Just found out they now charge for this porgram, does anyone know an alternative that is atleast decent?

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:02 am

I use the http://code.google.com/p/gimp-normalmap/ it may not be has detailed has Crazybump but that depends on what the texture and what setting you choose..3x3 is nice..

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:46 am

Does it work on 64-bit windows 7?

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:47 am

USed to use it while it was in BETA but cant justify the $99 license fee for the amount of use I'd get from it - definitely a nice program but a bit pricey for casual usage.

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:10 am

Paint.NET with a normal maps plugin works wonders. And it works in 64 bit Windows 7 too

» Tue May 03, 2011 11:18 am

Does it work on 64-bit windows 7?

Works fine on 64 Bit Windows 7

Paint.net has Arthmoor stated has a decent normal map plugin, but, I do not think it has has many options has the Gimp Version does..

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:16 am

http://www.photosculpt.net/ Is another very nice tool to create normal maps with.
Additionally, it can create .obj files from photos. If you have decent enough photos to work from. (High Quality)

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:46 am

The normal map for my road texture was made using the GIMP plug-in, it's pretty nice. Of course that had an alpha channel to go by to define the normal map, I'm thinking it might be somewhat more difficult when working on more complex things.

» Tue May 03, 2011 3:12 am

Anyone ever hear of ssbump?

IDK how people can justify charging 100-300 dollars for something that took them next to nothing to make.