3d Studio/bump maps
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David,
Hi, how it going? I have a question about bump maps rendered to fields in the
keyframer. Many time I have used small or abstract
bump maps for a stucco wall or textured surface. Howerver recently I was doing
something with text and noticed that the area
around the bump map becomes more blurred only when rendered to fields and to my
suprise, with the object moving or not. I've tried
a number of things but have come up empty. Any ideas? I thought maybe I was
just missing something obvious but I have'nt been
able to find anything in the documentation or any of the 3rd party books.
Anyway… if you know of a solution to this problem let me
know.
Things have been very busy in the Stamford area. I've been meaning to come to
the meetings but something always seems to come
up.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon
thank you in advance,
Bob
>> bump map becomes more blurred only when rendered to fields <<
Sorry it took so long to get this to you. It sat in my outbasket for about a
week…
I notice a general "softening" of all maps when field rendering. You might
try to reduce the texture filtering value or boosting the bump percentage
slightly. There is a 3DS.SET parameter called TEXTURE-SHARPEN, that might
give you more radical results.
– Dave