#Natural Materials
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I'm having trouble finding the right combination of materials and bump maps to
make realistic grass, dirt, and asphalt. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jodi
Hi, Jodi. Have you had a chance to check out the WCT cd that ships with 3ds3 &
4? There is an asphalt material and also a cracked mud material. As for
grass, I haven't seen that anywhere…guess you'll have to create that from
scratch.:) Hope this helps.
Regards, Connie
Connie,
Thanks for your help.
Jodi
Jodi, I have more info re: materials. The CD that comes with Inside
3D Studio contains all of the materials you listed (asphalt, dirt,
grass) and more. You might want to check it out.
Granite.sxp work really good for grass used as bump along with layers.sxp as
texture one, and sguigle.sxp ans texture 2. I you have any more questions on
this feel free to ask.
Mike White [SDP]
Mike,
Thanks, that really made a difference.
Jodi
Your welcome.
How did it turn out ? I would like to see a upload.
Mike
I'm still working on it – but, I'll be happy to upload it when I'm
finished. I don't have a scanner myself. However, I do have access
to one. So, time permitting, I'll try some experiments with
textures. Probably not this project since I'm in a bit of a time
bind.<BG>
That sounds great, and I can't wait.
Mike
<<I'm having trouble finding the right combination of materials and bump maps
to make realistic grass, dirt, and asphalt. Any suggestions?>>
There are a lot of natural materials on the World Creating Toolkit CD,
including those ones you mentioned. Otherwise you could use a scanner or
Painter 3.0.
David "Covered in pixel paint" Gould
David,
I don't know how to use a scanner for materials. Is there a book that outlines
that procedure?
Jodi
<<I don't know how to use a scanner for materials. Is there a book that
outlines
that procedure?>>
It's not so much a book as it is buying a scanner and then scanning in pictures
of any texture you like. You can go through all your books and scan in
images(within copyright regulations) to use as a texture. If you have a
hand-held scanner than you could also scan the carpet, walls, the cat or
anything for that matter.
A scanner opens up the possibilities to just about anything that is
published can be used as a texture(check out copyright regulations
though).
David:
>> buying a scanner and then scanning in pictures of any texture you like.
Why stop with pictures? We've taken actual samples of fabric, rugs,
flooring, tiles, etc. on the flatbed scanner and ran them through –
works great on flat objects, just don't scratch the glass!