[Bf-funboard] 3DS Max now supports bump mapping!

[trip]

You are missing something here.
A displacement map is fast. Blenders displacement mapping is slow and 
need a huge number of mesh to for at render time, we have that button 
to give it more mesh but it really needs to get usefull fast as 
anything over 6 eats it's lunch. A real use of blenders would be to use 
normal maps for fine minute detail and displacement for the mesh 
displace.

Either way Blender needs normal maps , and a faster displacement 
mapper, also it needs to be able to displace the mesh while mesh 
editing.


On Dec 5, 2004, at 12:19 PM, alex wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, trip wrote:
>
>> If done correctly, they will produce renders that look like the mesh 
>> has 8 million polys. The Normal map also sends the data of the fake 
>> tedail displace to all axis xyz unlike bump which only uses z. So it 
>> means that corners will look textured to.
>>
>> Example
>> http://members.shaw.ca/jimht03/normal.html
>>
>> And Though this is a displacement map
>> http://206.145.80.239/zbc/showthread.php?t=022061
>> It is still what normal maps are after minus the meshes edge 
>> silhouette
>
> Hrmhrmmmmmmm.. well, so Blender's displacement mapping in effect does 
> the
> same as 3DS MAX's normal mapping, because Blender actually does 
> displace
> the actual geometry, and corners/edges will look fine.
>
> The question is who was first, Blender or 3DS MAX 7 ;)
>
> alex at schnittenparadies.de
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