Post by freeasabird on May 2, 2019 20:49:31 GMT -5
Sorry to be late in replying (Next Generation marathon). Really glad you got it! That tea pot is beautiful 
I should have added that the Adobe Elements I use is 5, I have 15 but it will not use .dd files so I stick with my old one which is comfortable if not a little bit of a drama queen sometimes (it doesnt like W10)
Bump maps are powerful tools, they really add detail and depth to objects. I have just almost finished converting a computer chair and it has a lot of padding, but to make the bump map work to maximum I will have to make every colour exactly the same so the bump map will match them and not make dents in the wrong place. I like using diffrent materials but the bump can even show thread details on textures so this chair will have to have each colour made by using the colour 'hue and saturation' slider.
Orangemittens has a tutorial on how to make a bake map in blender to add shadow detail to textures, when you have a working one it can also be used to make the bump map, usually with the minimum of editing; smoothing/blurring edges and masking the bits you dont need to stand out. I make the bake, edit it so the texture will work using the 'multiply' option in the add pattern section. then as I recolour I save the base as 0-text and rename all the others such as 'PinkChair' or whatever.
There is a lot of info to learn when making these objects so dont get discouraged, soon you will be doing it all in your stride and will probably develop your own routine as well.
I should have added that the Adobe Elements I use is 5, I have 15 but it will not use .dd files so I stick with my old one which is comfortable if not a little bit of a drama queen sometimes (it doesnt like W10)
Bump maps are powerful tools, they really add detail and depth to objects. I have just almost finished converting a computer chair and it has a lot of padding, but to make the bump map work to maximum I will have to make every colour exactly the same so the bump map will match them and not make dents in the wrong place. I like using diffrent materials but the bump can even show thread details on textures so this chair will have to have each colour made by using the colour 'hue and saturation' slider.
Orangemittens has a tutorial on how to make a bake map in blender to add shadow detail to textures, when you have a working one it can also be used to make the bump map, usually with the minimum of editing; smoothing/blurring edges and masking the bits you dont need to stand out. I make the bake, edit it so the texture will work using the 'multiply' option in the add pattern section. then as I recolour I save the base as 0-text and rename all the others such as 'PinkChair' or whatever.
There is a lot of info to learn when making these objects so dont get discouraged, soon you will be doing it all in your stride and will probably develop your own routine as well.
